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You're right that this is not solely a Republican issue. But it does have a partisan lean; the GOP set a deliberate target of getting control of state map drawi
by pmyteh 9y ago
You're right that this is not solely a Republican issue. But it does have a partisan lean; the GOP set a deliberate target of getting control of state map drawing processes, and have substantially more gerrymanders in their favour than against, as the maps stand.
I'm from the UK, where the idea of letting politicians draw their own boundaries is anathema. We've had a standing Boundary Commission since 1944; it does a very decent job.
- padobson 9y agohave substantially more gerrymanders in their favour than against I could be wrong, but this seems to be because Republicans control more states than Democrats do.
- pmyteh 9y agoThat's certainly part of it. And part of the reason that Republicans control more states is (as TFA makes clear) that they made a particular effort to win them in order to control the mapmaking process for Congress. I don't know which party is more likely to gerrymander (or gerrymander more shamelessly) if given the chance, though it should be calculable in principle.