The Redistricting Game

Jacob Soboroff visits with Chris Swain, director of the University of Southern California's Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab. Swain is the creator of the cutting-edge Redistricting Game, which lets users play mapmaker in order to understand the good, the bad and the ugly of allowing elected officials draw the borders of areas which they or their fellow party members represent.

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• redistricing
• USC
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• soboroff
• chris
• swain
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[bekkaboo0411]

JACOB!!!! You slowed down and this is sooooo much better than the video I commented on back in July. Much, MUCH easier to follow you!

BRAVO on being able to take constructive criticism without getting all uppity and huffy (like many on youtube do)and keep that in mind for future posts. I salute you!

[WhyTuesday]

thanks i hope that means you will subscribe and stay involved! :)

[ChristaCourson]

I have to play this game for my AP government class x-x

Cannot beat mission 5 for the life of me!

Anyone know how to beat Mission 5? Hit me up :D

[kaylynnmay04]

I hate this game..

I have to do it for an assignment in my government class.

and i cannot beat mission two, and it is driving me up a wall.....

[kellyeself]

I LOVE this game and my students LOVE this game. I teach U.S. government and AP U.S. Government. This games does a great job of getting the process across to my students and gets them thinking about the process and whether it is the right way to apportion representation of not! Bravo to the makers of the game....and if they make one about voter turnout...I want to know!

[marcustheroman]

somebody help me with mission 4 plz

[holachicagringa]

someone please tell me how to beat mission 5 on this game. like seriously i need to know its pissing me off. write on my page or respond to this comment

[Zackerxy]

YOu cant just go on county lines though, because you must have population equality. It is sometimes neccessary to break such hard lines.

[gizmosells]

Common sense draw poltical boundries on county lines, and critera to limit vote packing. Incumbents both democrats, and republicans benefit from gerrymandering, or playmandering the system. Look at Delay in 2003 reforms are needed to have competitve elections.

[sabenbennett]

Or every election by an independently appointed organisation. Australia has no problems with the AEC.

[sabenbennett]

Agree with this comment. Bicameral systems put checks and balances in place in the legislative sector of government. In Australia our Senate works as a review body- no House legislation can pass without the approve of the Senate. A 2 house majority is required to pass most legislation, though usually the Senate allowed legislation drafted in the House to pass with revisions, even if the minor parties hold the Balance of Power.

[sabenbennett]

Democracy is based on individuals having equal rights, Republics are based on states having equal rights. America is a Democratic Republic, individual rights have to be balanced with states' rights. I don't think the Electoral College is the main threat to democracy in America. STV would be a great system for ensuring Democracy WITHIN the states and fairness between states at a federal level.