Chapter Twenty-Two Gerrymandering

“Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.”

—Barack Obama

“Too much of American politics is decided by efforts to restrict who votes or, as in gerrymandering, to manipulate the weight those votes hold. A more democratic system won’t end polarization, but it will create a healthier

form of competition.”

— Ezra Klein, Why We're Polarized

Columnist, New York Times

For forty-seven years, the law of the land was “one man, one vote.” This was decided by the Supreme Court in Baker

v. Car...

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