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Gerrymandering of Congressional districts could only affect the Presidential election results in two small states, Nebraska and Maine. Eliminating the Electora
by twoodfin 11y ago
Gerrymandering of Congressional districts could only affect the Presidential election results in two small states, Nebraska and Maine.
Eliminating the Electoral College and moving to a nationwide popular vote for President would have essentially no effect on the motivation to gerrymander.
On the other hand, if all 50 states allowed each Congressional district to choose its own elector (and presumably elected the other two statewide), it would represent a massive shift in favor of the GOP, and gerrymandering would have very little to do with it. Instead, the concentration of Democratic votes in urban areas would be decisive.