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Originally Posted by Lebell
I don't deny that. I'm just saying that if a particular party is doing poorly enough, even gerrymandering won't help.
In less extreme circumstances, it certainly will affect how elections will turn out.
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Well, the likelyhood of any one of the two parties doing
that poorly is effectively nil. Poor performance is easily covered by the fact that people simply
want to believe their party is doing well, or atleast "the right thing".
So in reality, redistricting is a very real threat to (the supposed) honest elections. Only in the unlikely extreme does it become unlikely or even possible, as you say.