Gerrymandering

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: GerrymanderingRecent actions—and inaction—by the right-wing majority of the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a Republican majority.

Truth Out
View In: Gerrymandering“The U.S. is a center-left country with a gerrymandering problem,” one elections expert said.

Truth Out
View In: GerrymanderingThe 2022 midterm election cycle would have been a very different competition with fair maps, says John Nichols.

Counter Punch
View In: GerrymanderingIn a democracy, voters choose their political leaders. In a democracy that permits gerrymandering – when state legislatures draw legislative district lines that maximize the dominant party’s chances of winning seats – elected leaders choose their voters. Gerrymandering undermines representative government...

Alternet.org
View In: GerrymanderingMany Democratic strategists and activists have been expressing fears that partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts will give Republicans an unfair advantage in the United States' 2022 midterms. But Data for Progress’ Joel Wertheimer, in an analysis published this week, argues that the redistrictin...

The Guardian
View In: GerrymanderingThe past decade in Ohio shows how bad it can get – and how quickly. Despite the state’s voters often swinging Democratic, 75% of its congressional delegates are RepublicanThe long-term health of American democracy is in peril, to a degree far worse than people imagine. But not where most people are looking.Whil...