This follows an earlier diary where I argued that 3-seated state assembly elections would reduce gerrymandering without requiring an "independent" redistricting commission. The idea is to have state-districts with one state senator and three state representatives each and to elect the reps in one election, as was done in IL from 1870-1980 and as Barack Obama tried to bring back in 2001.
There, my nemesis Prof Haley suggested a party cd still gerrymander the districts so that their party would win two reps seats in many of them. But it's a Catch-22, cuz what helps a party in a 3-seated election hurts it in a 1-seated state senate elections. So, while X might make it so they cd likely win two reps seats in more districts, it would also make them lose senate seats in more districts, costing them the state senate.
This is yet another reason why 3-seated elections wd make our democracy more responsive to us Kossacks!
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