I had the opportunity to have lunch with a lead pollster at the Cook Political Report - I asked him whether he thought redistricting reform could decrease parti

I had the opportunity to have lunch with a lead pollster at the Cook Political Report - I asked him whether he thought redistricting reform could decrease partisanship. He pointed to the Senate as a reason that partisanship still continues. The one thing that he said would make the biggest political impact might actual be open primary (top two vote getters move on to the general, regardless of party) - which would moderate folks. I'm still a believer in gerrymandering reform, but the tendrils of self-segregation run deep and gerrymandering reform is just one weapon against the hydra of partisanship.