Implementing the shortest split-line method would create a more impartial system. The problem is putting that into practice when the people who write laws benefit greatly from the current system. The first step would need to be creating awareness among eligible voters, but as you noted at the beginning of your post, there are other really important issues that need to be addressed, issues that are much more attention grabbing than how we divide up voting districts. The only way I could see people actually caring about gerrymandering is if we directly connect it to their quality of life in a way that not even the most ignorant Americans can deny. If anyone has an idea for how to do this please let me know, because fixing gerrymandering would lay the groundwork for fixing non-partisanship and gridlock in congress which would let us truly address other issues such as immigration and healthcare in a way that represents the will of the people.
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