Gerrymandering Is Bad For Cities. Here’s How To Fix It.

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Gerrymandering, more often than not, is used to disenfranchise people who live in cities and scatter their votes into outlying districts. It doesn't have to be this way.

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The site Dave's Redistricting was indispensable for thinking through what good districting looks like, and for visuals I included in the video. It's a volunteer-driven organization that assembles census and election data in a user-friendly way, to empower people to advocate for fairness and transparency in redistricting. Go check it out!
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Resources:
- https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
- https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Permanent-Apportionment-Act-of-1929/
- https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose/enlarging-the-house/section/5
- https://www.census.gov/about/history/historical-censuses-and-surveys/census-programs-surveys/decennial-census/methods.html
- https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act
- https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings
- https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/01/05/congestion-pricing-hochul-mamdani-mta/

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Images:

- Change in apportionment of congressional districts, starting in 2023, as a result of the 2020 United States census By United States Census 2020, modified by Fredddie - United States Census 2020, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104443755
- Gerrymandering example By M.boli - Own work. Derived from an image by Steven Nass, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64401739
- A map of the districts to be used in 2026, and whether there is an incumbent running in the general election in those districts. By Coolxsearcher1414 - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=155190575


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