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Title: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: michigancat on August 21, 2013, 09:49:38 AM: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/08/gerrymandering_jigsaw_puzzle_game_put_the_congressional_districts_back_together.html
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: K-S-U-Wildcats! on August 21, 2013, 10:17:47 AM: Quote from: michigancat on August 21, 2013, 09:49:38 AM
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/08/gerrymandering_jigsaw_puzzle_game_put_the_congressional_districts_back_together.html

Yup, totally absurd. It is a particular disservice to minorities, but both parties like to do it.
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Unruly on August 21, 2013, 10:20:15 AM: That was a pretty fun puzzle.
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Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 21, 2013, 10:22:29 AM: Took me 2 minutes for Michigan. :embarrassed:
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Post by: steve dave on August 21, 2013, 10:23:02 AM: :thumbs:
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 21, 2013, 10:24:35 AM: NC in 1:34
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 21, 2013, 10:27:52 AM: PA was a little bit harder. 2:31
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 21, 2013, 10:28:55 AM: Maryland in 40 seconds. :D
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 21, 2013, 10:31:53 AM: Ohio in 2:30
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: GCJayhawker on August 21, 2013, 11:31:51 AM: Gerrymandering sucks and KSU is right both sides abuse it. That puzzle did make me like Iowa a little bit which is depressing
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: michigancat on August 21, 2013, 11:36:13 AM: just play the puzzle, dorks
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 21, 2013, 11:54:37 AM: Quote from: michigancat on August 21, 2013, 11:36:13 AM
just play the puzzle, dorks

Post your times, too.
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: steve dave on August 21, 2013, 12:02:54 PM: BOTH SIDES DO IT RUSTY YOU LIBTARD!
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: slucat on August 21, 2013, 12:24:58 PM: 9:21 for the whole thing, and that was with 45 seconds extra that ticked off while I was reading the something in a different tab.
:gocho: geography
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: michigancat on August 21, 2013, 12:35:31 PM: I quit paying attention eventually, but I got both Michigan and North Carolina in exactly 2:01.
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: GCJayhawker on August 21, 2013, 12:37:34 PM: 5 minutes 19 seconds for the whole thing
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Institutional Control on August 21, 2013, 12:37:51 PM: Not surprised that I'm smarter than the average libtard Slate reader.

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Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: steve dave on May 22, 2017, 01:24:14 PM: Shocker for the south https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-supreme-court-tosses-republican-drawn-districts-north-141528298.html
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Institutional Control on May 22, 2017, 01:34:57 PM: Keep trying until you get it right, NC. Nobody can gerrymander like Republicans in Texas.

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Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on May 22, 2017, 01:39:55 PM: 7 minutes 45 seconds.
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Post by: star seed 7 on May 22, 2017, 01:44:29 PM: Dax is so pissed
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Post by: Cire on May 23, 2017, 07:56:51 AM: does the supreme court know that both sides do it!
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 23, 2017, 08:30:57 AM: Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on May 22, 2017, 01:44:29 PM
Dax is so pissed

Why would I be pissed, Lib?

I mean, I watched the Dems Gerrymander the hell out of this state for years (and for decades prior to my arrival) prior to 'Pubs finally becoming the majority, and didn't say a word.
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: Cire on May 23, 2017, 08:31:50 AM: are you talking Southern Dems? LMAO
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 23, 2017, 08:34:00 AM: Quote from: Cire on May 23, 2017, 08:31:50 AM
are you talking Southern Dems? LMAO

LOL, at the concept of "southern dems" even being a thing anymore.

Dear lawd, just LOL.
Title: Re: gerrymandering puzzle
Post by: puniraptor on May 24, 2017, 06:35:51 PM: it's time for gerrymandering to go. Districts should be set geometrically with an algorithm based on population distribution. It should not be political.