Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States

riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• piecat@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They listed the majority first. That’s all they did here.

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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Where text lists blue-then-red?

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  • riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In the image attached to the post.

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• dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  this assumes a left to right interpretation which is not universal, the graphic in a sense is not absolutely red then blue

  the text could be positioned left and right like the graphic does, but I found it natural to list the larger number first and the smaller second - so not everyone feels the same as you about the graphic being confusing

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  • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    this assumes a left to right interpretation which is not universal

    While this is true, the graphic is in English using the Latin script. The Latin script is, as you might know, a left to right script which triggers a left to right interpretation of the whole thing.

    Honestly, it didn’t trigger me at all but it would be more logical to also put the bigger color first (read: on the left)

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    • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      agreed, I think the reasoning makes sense given that context 😄

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      • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks, I like being right on the internet

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    • riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, it’s written in English, which is read left to right.

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      • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks fot adding context to my comment

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• pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  gerrymandering goes both ways: it can make a majority a total victory, and a minority also a victory… i think building up is a good way of displaying that: you can go from a representative minority to a total win, and a representative minority to a total loss depending on how you draw the lines

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