Gerrymandering is cheating. Simple as that. I don’t really care for cheaters, and I’m well aware that both parties have done it. I don’t excuse it for either.
Every district that can be made fair should be made fair. If a state has ten districts and redistricting can get 8 of them as close to 50-50 as possible, they should do that. If they don’t, it is legislators who are picking your representatives, not the voters. I simply prefer to let the voters decide who represents them.
Lastly, why in the world are legislators in charge of drawing the maps? They are, in many cases, drawing themselves a job for the next decade. An independent commission should be charged with this job.
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