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53. A handy illustration

Monday morning Miss Jones walks into her class of fifteen 4th graders and announces, "Instead of studying our usual four different subjects, for this week only we're going to study just one subject ALL week. Either English, or... math."

Groans! But there are some good math students in her class, so, some yays, too.

"Which one?!" the now very anxious students demand.

"We'll have an election to decide." Sighs of relief from the majority. "Who will want math all week?" 6 hands. "English all week?" 9 hands -- to 9 students' cheers of "We win!"

"No, hold on. That wasn't the election, that was just data collecting. Kristen, please switch with seats with Darryl." Two confused kids comply.

"This isn't decided by how many students want each subject, but by how many rows choose each. Now, who votes for math?" Three of the five students in Row 1 raise their hands. In Row 2, where Kristen has just been switched to, there are now also 3 votes for math. And in Row 3, which Darryl just joined, zero hands are raised.

"And who votes for English?" The other 9's hands go up.

"Rows 1 and 2 choose our week to be all math. Row 3 wants English. Two rows to one, math wins."

Nine anguished 4th graders howl in outrage and protest.

It's 9 to 6, how can WE lose? Miss Jones changed the rows to rig the election! That's not fair!

Yes, Miss Jones agreed, she had manipulated the seating and caused just 6 votes to "win" over 9 votes.

And, she further agreed: No, that isn't fair.

"Now everyone open your math textbooks to page 53 and we'll get started on our week."

Miss Jones' 4th graders, both the happy 6 and the embittered, suffering 9, actually learned two important subjects that week: Math.

And how American elections are gerrymandered. That in most state & federal legislative elections, once one party gains full state-level control, if that party chooses to, its politicians can pick their own voters. Reversing the originally intended concept, of voters picking their politicians.