alt Hacker NewsThat's a bad-faith argument. Yes, it's true that both parties engage in gerrymandering. But Republicans do it a lot more than Democrats do.
Out of the 25 examples in your second link, it seems like 23 of them are GOP gerrymanders?
That's a bad-faith argument. Yes, it's true that both parties engage in gerrymandering. But Republicans do it a lot more than Democrats do.
Out of the 25 examples in your second link, it seems like 23 of them are GOP gerrymanders?
It seems that way because Republicans control most of the state legislatures at the moment. The term itself refers to a Massachusetts governor, a member of the predecessor of the current Democratic Party, who started the practice.
The minute Democrats control more of the state legislatures, you'll see that more examples will be of them.