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18. Did you know that someone made a font from gerrymandered districts?
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 11:28 AM
Nov 2019

They found enough heavily gerrymandered districts to make the alphabet!

How do you spell ‘gerrymandering is bad?’ With a font made out of preposterous districts.
By
Kayla Epstein
August 2, 2019 at 4:28 p.m. EDT

In case you didn’t get the memo, allow these designers to spell it out for you, literally: Gerrymandering is bad.

Gerrymandering is the process of drawing congressional districts to give one political party electoral power over the other, or to ensure safe seats, which often results in fairly ridiculous district shapes. It’s a partisan problem that has garnered bipartisan scorn because both sides do it. Opponents of the practice say it disenfranchises voters and can skew the balance of power at the state and national levels.

{This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see}

To illustrate their scorn for the practice, three Chicago-based digital creatives created a font whose letters are composed of real-life districts, their borders so contorted that they resemble letters of the alphabet. Some states, such as California and Arizona, have attempted to stop gerrymandering by allowing independent panels to draw districts instead of lawmakers, though that hasn’t deterred the Ugly Gerry team from using California districts to form the letters “A,” “X” and “T” or Arizona’s 6th to represent “O.”

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/02/how-do-you-spell-gerrymandering-is-bad-with-font-made-out-preposterous-districts/


If you'd like to download it:
https://uglygerry.com/

It's insane ck4829 Nov 2019 #1
Not really DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #45
We can complain about Diebold all we want, and I am one of those who has Perseus Nov 2019 #49
The one thing DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #52
WRONG! What are you even talking about? First most election matters, including choice of voting okaawhatever Nov 2019 #57
Investigating DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #66
I see that once again you refuse to address the real issue andor point of my comment. I hope you'll okaawhatever Nov 2019 #67
Stop banking on AOC Aquaria Nov 2019 #59
That district looks like the profile of a roadrunner. Seriously ridiculous. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #2
"The Duck District" is the sagesnow Nov 2019 #16
As an Oregon Duck, I concur with authority. WheelWalker Nov 2019 #21
Sooo...maybe a Gerrimandarin District? Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #55
GROAN! soldierant Nov 2019 #58
it's Beaky Buzzard! ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #19
Yep that's us. I'm not in that district blueinredohio Nov 2019 #3
Mike Turner here. True Blue American Nov 2019 #9
I have Bob Latta who's a sniveling little coward. blueinredohio Nov 2019 #11
I tried to contact True Blue American Nov 2019 #12
Cool, I'll have to check out her writing. klook Nov 2019 #29
You will love Connie Schultz. Ohiogal Nov 2019 #36
Good site.. thanks for mentioning. mountain grammy Nov 2019 #42
Connie used to write for Parade. True Blue American Nov 2019 #64
I'm in FL Congressional District 4 Fritz Walter Nov 2019 #20
I'm in Tim Ryan's Ohiogal Nov 2019 #38
True! True Blue American Nov 2019 #65
Just as our founding fathers intended dalton99a Nov 2019 #4
That's what happens when the GOP packed SCOTUS with American hating judges RAB910 Nov 2019 #5
I know how he got elected. True Blue American Nov 2019 #6
Thats fascinating. nt BootinUp Nov 2019 #7
Irony True Blue American Nov 2019 #10
Justin Amash, co-founder of that Frankenstein monster, had to leave it. It's eating its own. catbyte Nov 2019 #22
Yes, who was the other one? Tried to True Blue American Nov 2019 #23
Doesn't even follow a road 2naSalit Nov 2019 #8
There is a town on that map named Sandusky? robbob Nov 2019 #13
Yes, Sandusky is not far from Findlay where True Blue American Nov 2019 #24
Do they still have "Cedar Point" amusement park ? Haggis for Breakfast Nov 2019 #51
The Point is doing fine. Mendocino Nov 2019 #60
I grew up in NE Ohio and every summer Haggis for Breakfast Nov 2019 #68
We have Kings Island closer. True Blue American Nov 2019 #63
perfect! Marthe48 Nov 2019 #35
Disgusting! Pepsidog Nov 2019 #14
Sandusky should be in his district rpannier Nov 2019 #15
I was in his district safeinOhio Nov 2019 #17
Did you know that someone made a font from gerrymandered districts? csziggy Nov 2019 #18
Recommended. Lol. Mersky Nov 2019 #25
Brilliant. Shared with typoholic friends. (nt) klook Nov 2019 #33
My district, IL 6, looks like... 3catwoman3 Nov 2019 #26
Everyone take pity on me. I live in the duck district. EveDibb Nov 2019 #27
Welcome to DU! Ohiogal Nov 2019 #31
I bet that thing is gerrymandered house by house. Vinca Nov 2019 #28
Looks like the kind of shape you might twist yourself into klook Nov 2019 #30
Sen Sherrod Brown's district is screwed up like that Marthe48 Nov 2019 #32
Bill Johnson Ohiogal Nov 2019 #39
A group of us Marthe48 Nov 2019 #61
A sexual predator became president with 3 million fewer votes IronLionZion Nov 2019 #34
I'm in TX-25, the fat mermaid tail district Mersky Nov 2019 #37
Reminds me of a Victorian toilet Mersky Nov 2019 #40
I have mgardener Nov 2019 #41
His district is Mendocino Nov 2019 #43
Yet some folks still refuse to understand the significance of gerrymanderingp LakeArenal Nov 2019 #44
Grrrr! smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #46
Be nice erlewyne Nov 2019 #47
Without gerrymandering, districts would still have funny shapes. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #48
Have a look at the Texas Congressional map yellowdogintexas Nov 2019 #50
A handy illustration SuprstitionAintthWay Nov 2019 #53
Eww. I had the *pleasure* of spending time in Sidney a while back... SMC22307 Nov 2019 #54
This is what happens when Democrats don't vote in mid-terms StarfishSaver Nov 2019 #56
The snake by the lake. Mendocino Nov 2019 #62
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