21st June 2017, 4:39 PM
You've seen it too huh? Oklahoma has a problem with it too, as I've said a number of times before. It's not nearly so bad as some of the most extreme examples, but it has worked to undermine Tulsa and OKC's influence over state elections. Yes, there's no chance that Oklahoma is going to go completely blue, but it would certainly help if the cut of these districts didn't undermine local city issues all the time. The western panhandle in particular has a surprising amount of sway, considering just how few people actually live out there (it's the most rural part of the state).
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)