It would be nice, but how would you define what is and isn’t gerrymandering? What are the “natural” lines along which you would divide districts? If you go with historical borders like county lines you will get homogenous populations in many places. If you use an algorithm to draw shortest-line segments to divide the population, you will get outliers. From the standpoint of the constituency the best outcome is to have hard-fought contests because that makes the representatives more responsive. But even here, the problem is deciding what districts make an even fight between parties means you are deciding which parties matter. The districting problem is analogous to the problem of the electoral college and the senate—what is ultimately the political unit being represented? A geographical district, or a number of people?
