Part of why partisan gerrymandering has become such a problem is that the tech makes it easier to gerrymander. But mostly, political party matters much more th

Part of why partisan gerrymandering has become such a problem is that the tech makes it easier to gerrymander. But mostly, political party matters much more than ever before. The electorate is more ideological and the candidates for office are much more loyal to the party platform. In an era where political party mattered less than, say, geography, then partisan gerrymandering was less of a national problem. Of course, there are several types of gerrymandering and this is just one of them. The best summary of possible solutions and their limitations I've seen was done by 538 as part of a larger gerrymandering project: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-probably-not-possible-to-end-gerrymandering/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-probably-not-possib...