How Gerrymandering Is Killing Compromise

How gerrymandering is killing compromise

We are taught in civics class that it’s our duty to vote, to choose the legislators we want to represent us. With the sole exception of statewide races, that is a myth. We do not choose our legislators. They select us. Gerrymandering — the drawing of district lines to favor the party drawing the electoral map — has existed for more than a century. Many decades ago, as a young New York State Assembly lawyer, I remember watching legislators fight …

A way forward: How proportional representation can overcome gerrymandering * WorldNetDaily * by Pete Peterson, Real Clear Wire

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. As states from Texas to California debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about – and often disgusted by – the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The result is that many voters – from both parties – don’t feel represented in Washington, DC. Surveys show that four out of five believe elected officials do not care what people like them think. Seven in ten believe half or more o…

Rejecting gerrymandering is a very big deal

If there was an award for courage and honor in politics, it should go to a stalwart band of Republicans in the Indiana state Senate who have resisted enormous pressure from President Trump and rejected his egregious efforts to rig…

ROBERTS: Rejecting gerrymandering is a very big deal

If there was an award for courage and honor in politics, it should go to a stalwart band of Republicans in the Indiana state Senate who have resisted enormous pressure from President Trump and rejected his egregious efforts to rig…