How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
The article discusses the ongoing challenges of gerrymandering in the United States, particularly focusing on recent setbacks for Democrats. Political scientist Lee Drutman advocates for a shift to proportional representation as a solution to the issues caused by partisan redistricting. The article highlights the detrimental effects of gerrymandering on democracy and the need for reform.
- ▪Lee Drutman argues for a system of proportional representation to end gerrymandering.
- ▪Recent Supreme Court decisions have weakened protections against partisan redistricting.
- ▪Democrats may lose seven to ten seats due to unfavorable redistricting outcomes.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
new video loaded: How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop ForevertranscriptBacktranscriptHow to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop ForeverThe political scientist Lee Drutman argues that we should switch to a system of proportional representation and put an end to our “trench warfare politics.”Go back a couple of weeks and Democrats thought they were drawing nearly even with Republicans in the gerrymandering wars. Yes, Texas had tried this aggressive mid-cycle redistricting, but California had countered them. And that was the pattern we were seeing: For every red state that was doing a redistricting, there was a blue state now trying to match it. But then over the past couple of weeks, Democrats caught a series of very bad breaks.
…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at NYT — Opinion.
Discussion
0 commentsMore from NYT — Opinion
