# Should election district boundaries be fixed to prevent Gerrymandering?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-election-district-boundaries-be-fixed-to-prevent-gerrymandering/736175>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 30, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-election-district-boundaries-be-fixed-to-prevent-gerrymandering/736175 "2015-10-30T13:41:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-election-district-boundaries-be-fixed-to-prevent-gerrymandering/736175/61 "2015-11-04T00:44:47Z")

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> [@MOIDALIZE](#):
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> You know population density isn’t the same throughout a state, right?

Of course. So what? Districts can be as large as they need to be. One can draw a district that has a small sliver of a city and a large swath of rural area that adds up to the necessary population.

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