I can't seem to find information on why the new districts being defined are not just optimizing for Red? The intent is that the new districts are determined by some neutral algorithm (and it will be Blue / Red based that population) - but are they? What is the process being used?
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I found that to be very informative- thank you so much! What the processes used to determine these maps was what i was wanting to find
What I’m surprised by is that there is no intent to be impartial- rather, it is expected you WILL be partisan, but you can’t be partisan based on race.
I still find this partisan approach to be whacked. Having said that, i do get it to some extent that you want an elected representative to support the majority of their constituents…. Not just 51% of them
I had to ask Google AI, because it wasn't clear to me either, fren.
In fact, a week ago, I had NO IDEA they were even basing them on race! I certainly thought that had to be an impossibility because every place of business has a bulletin board plastered with govt law and propaganda I guess? - telling us how they're "equal opportunity" etcetera.
AI just gave me a list of websites and initially would not answer the question regarding what districts were actually based on if not race... After telling it I'm not sifting through all those, it soit out essentially what I posted - albeit more verbose and sloppy...
To be clear, they STILL may use race as a partial determining factor - but legally now, they can't use it as the primary factor when creating the map...So we should keep an eye on that.
u/#catdance
Your pepe is the pepe i want when I’m all grown up!
I should have thought to go to AI to get that question started, but i am not an AI fan. Use it or lose it….. and i fear we will lose a lot in the coming years.