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> If districts were smaller, it would be easier to make them less gerrymandered and pseudo-proportional representation falls out as a side-effect.

Until you get very close to the limit case of 1 voter per district, more districts doesn't really reduce the opportunity for gerrymandering.

Simply using a candidate-centered election system which produces proportional results in multimember districts neatly eliminates the benefits of gerrymandering.



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