Proportional Gerrymandering

The method that would best solve the problem of gerrymandering is the proportional gerrymandering solution. Though it seems strange to cure the problem by using the problem itself, it makes the most logical sense for our democracy. A bi-partisan committee would not solve much because it prevents new candidates from ever getting elected in a district since the incumbents of both parties specifically redraw their district lines to ensure that they will be re-elected. An independent commission usually has the same results as the bi-partisan committee or it is not effective because the experts redrawing the lines actually do have an opinion, causing corruption to find its way back into the system. The shortest-splitline algorithm seems like the best solution because it is completely random, but sometimes the resulting districts are too random and do not properly represent a state's population. The best way to represent what the people want without corruption is with proportional gerrymandering. This method arranges the district in such a way that the winning candidates of each district represent an accurate proportion of the whole states's population. Of course, this method still has flaws since it would most likely result in high incumbency rates due to the districts being created to deliberately allow one party to win. Though the proportional gerrymandering is not the perfect solution, it best supports American democracy and fairly gives accurate representation to the people.