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Originally Posted by jeremy_haak
How exactly do they determine the changes to ridings? Looking at KW, Kitchener is now divided into three ridings, two of which are largely rural.
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That is called cracking. It ensures that one side gets to control the voice and the other side is left out.
In Thunder Bay's case, both ridings are 70% urban and 30% rural, so the left-leaning urban area more than cancels out the centre-left leaning rural area. In Saskatchewan, both cities are split into four and each one give the rural surroundings a slight edge over the urban core.
It's our version of gerrymandering.
OMG I just accidentally moved Mississauga Centre to Milton.
I guess that is so that you can move the gigantic labels out of the way..