[FRIAM] gerrymandering algorithm question

[cody dooderson]

The other day a puzzle about gerrymandering was shown to me. It is on the
web at https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/rig-the-election-with-math/ .
The 5x5 puzzle is doable by hand but the 14x10 seems too complex, and ripe
for some computer assistance. What kind of algorithm would people use for
it? Is there an optimal way to gerrymander the entire country?
In order to qualify this question as complex or philosophical enough for
FRIAM, maybe i should  speculate about how I think that ranked choice
voting would be better in terms of gerrymandering than what we currently
use. My gut instinct is that ranked-choice would be less predictable and
could possibly deter the gerrymanderers.


Cody Smith
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