What’s Gerrymandering?

Riddle: What’s Gerrymandering?

The value of your vote is in jeopardy. In 23 states, over the last year, regulations have been tightened to make casting a vote in an election more difficult. MORE DIFFICULT. Everything else in life, including psychotherapy, can be done on your phone. But elections, apparently, have to be made harder every few years, are only legitimate if done in person, and should be reserved for people who can stand up to strict challenges to their own legitimacy.

For those of us who CAN and DO vote in every election, when we vote for a legislative office such as the Senate or the House, we are reminded that legislators (at least the members of the party in charge) have the power to draw their own voting district maps.

Here’s why it matters.

Riddle Challenge: Can you Gerrymander the 50 polling places into districts that favor Red by 3:2?

from Caltech Magazine

The Princeton University Redistricting Project attacks Gerrymandering

Gerrymander Answer

John Oliver explains Gerrymandering (in 19 minutes)