The two are orthogonal.
There is a substantial pro-immigration section in the Republican party, and that doesn't seem to change their views on gerrymandering.
There is a substantial pro-immigration section in the Republican party, and that doesn't seem to change their views on gerrymandering.
I'm struggling to see how that makes them not orthogonal. Isn't that pretty much the definition?
..I guess you're right. I understood orthogonal a bit too mathematically, and since the 'dot product' of both concepts with election results is non-zero... and concepts cannot have negative dot-products (???)... well, that's where I realized I was holding the analogy wrong.
(Also, whoever down voted you for admitting you were wrong should rethink what they are doing)