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That seems extremely idealistic. Redistricting is simply one more method of defeating the intentions of elections. It most certainly alters the result. And it's already being done, you may recall the DeLay fiasco in Texas about 2 years ago.
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I'm really sick of this. Sorry for the thread jack, but if yall looked at the states of districts in Texas before this, they made no sense. One district was gerrymeandered from houston in splotches all the way to the border. Gerrymeandering is nothing new to Texas, what's new is the Republicans won a majority for the first time SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. Dem's had absolutely no problem with redistricting Republican voters so their numbers could not count as effectively, but the very first time it worked against them they fled.
I'm in Texas, I know how it was. Instead of throwing party line stuff out look it up for yourself.