The method you described assesses the compactness of districts. This ratio compares the area of parliamentary districts to the area of a circle with the same perimeter, providing a measure of how geometrically compact or irregular the district shapes are.
One form of gerrymandering score calculates the ratio of the area of districts to the area of a circle with the same perimeter. What is assessed by this method?
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the proportionality of districts
the proportionality of districts
the compactness of districts
the compactness of districts
the balance of districts
the balance of districts
the number of wasted votes
the number of wasted votes
the efficiency gap
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