I don’t want this to become a political blog again. I have little faith in politics.
But there is a political issue that isn’t being discussed regarding the next two years. It needs to be discussed. It can change the future trajectory of the country.
The issue is redistricting, and gerrymandering.
The word “gerrymandering” refers to Elbridge Gerry (right, from Wikipedia). He signed the Declaration of Independence. He was at the Constitutional Convention. It was years after that, after becoming Massachusetts governor, that he signed the law which made his name, redrawing legislative districts for partisan advantage. An opposition newspaper published a cartoon showing one district as a strange animal with claws, calling it a “Gerry-mander.”
The point is that gerrymandering is legal. But modern technology has made it scientific. It now takes enormous statewide majorities to overcome a legislative gerrymander.
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