True; Big Data. IтАЩm wondering if gerrymandering was pursued with such blatant scheming vigor, even without the benefit of computers. I suppose itтАЩs hard to separate out.
A modern computer is exponentially faster than hand. To really Gerrymander well, you have to try thousands of slight variations to the shape of a district. By hand, that's a pain so you settle for good enough. Software can draw a new district very rapidly.
Gerrymandering was a lot more trouble before computers. The genie is out of the bottle!
True; Big Data. IтАЩm wondering if gerrymandering was pursued with such blatant scheming vigor, even without the benefit of computers. I suppose itтАЩs hard to separate out.
A modern computer is exponentially faster than hand. To really Gerrymander well, you have to try thousands of slight variations to the shape of a district. By hand, that's a pain so you settle for good enough. Software can draw a new district very rapidly.