Gerrymandering Game Analysis

Prior to playing the gerrymandering game, I knew that it was the manipulation of districts in order to gain a political advantage of some kind. It is possible to do this because the districts have to be redrawn based on updated census data, as population is always changing. I also knew that it is difficult for the opposing party to win an election when the controlling party gerrymandered the district to favor them. While playing the game, I learned that it is difficult to adjust the districts where every representative is satisfied. I also learned that if there were more strict laws about having very thin parts of the district, it would be more difficult to gerrymander. It would make it harder to selectively redistrict areas because the district would have to look “normal”. …show more content…
I think that gerrymandering isn’t a beneficial tactic for representing the people of a country, because it takes control away from what the people want. Instead of having citizens control what party is in control, the current political party is able assure that they can stay in power. Also, previously I strongly believed in a non partisan group doing the redistricting because it would eliminate the ability for parties to keep control of an area, but even with a non partisan group, the side that happened to lose out would accuse the non partisan group of actually being partisan. With that said, redistricting without a political affiliation would be the best way, even though the redistricting could be left to chance more than political decisions. I also think that Racial Gerrymandering is a beneficial form of gerrymandering. It is important for minorities to have representation, and without gerrymandering, they would most likely not be represented because the majority would always have