Hi everybody, Cheryl Akison here. Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl

Ackison podcast. Today, the gerrymandering showdown and the illegal immigration factor.

Some of my favorite stories have to do with researching arcane matters

and then trying to explain them in a clear and concise way. Today, I try to do that with gerrymandering.

As you probably know, the latest gerrymandering battlefront is the state of Virginia, even though

voters just approved a wildly misrepresentative

map, giving Democrats a fantastical advantage compared to the actual makeup of the voting public in the

state, the battle isn't over. Last August, Texas Republicans drew new maps that could net the party

as many as five additional Republican seats.

Democrats countered aggressively in states they control, and that set off a chain reaction

that's already reshaped maps in California, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Utah.

But what exactly is gerrymandering? Who invented it? Who perfected it?

How did Democrats use it to minimize the black vote?

How are Republicans using it to minimize illegal immigrant influence?

And who has the net advantage going into the upcoming midterm elections?

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