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The Supreme Court of the United States is right now sitting on not one, but two jaymantering cases.

One's about Republican jaymantering in Wisconsin, and just a few days ago the court heard about Democratic jaymantering in Maryland.

Jaymantering can be a force for good. It can ensure a particular racial or social group has political power, but the courts trying to figure out how to deal with parties in jaymantering, redrawing political maps to benefit one party over another.

Because Americans are currently being disenfranchised. A ton of votes in this country just don't count.

My name is David Daly. I am the author of a book called Rat Fucked, Why Your Vote Doesn't Count.

Why is it called Rat Fucked?

Woo!

Well, it has become a term for political deeds dundert cheap, to borrow a note from ACDC.

Wow.

As we always should in our politics, and that's dirty deeds dundert cheap.

Let's break it down.

Republicans beginning in 2008, at 2009, launch a strategy called Red Map, which stands for the redistricting majority project, and essentially what it does.

Indeed, it is die of the country's legislative map. A crimson red, Republicans focus on capturing a state legislative chambers in the 2000 and 10 midterms, and they identify 107 state legislative races in 16 states that are key to tip of the world.

That are key to tipping control of the House or Senate in their direction, that would then allow them to control every aspect of the redistricting process the following year.

It is in many ways the political heist and political bargain of the century.

Republicans pulled off their gerrymandering strategy in 2010 and 2011 for only $30 million.

They are able to draw these lines that in 2012 and every election since have not only returned huge Republican, the majorities into swing states and competitive states, but have often created Republican super majorities earned with fewer votes.

So Ratfuck is a lot sexier a title that has been gerrymandering.

Who is gerry and what did he do?

A gerrymandering takes its name from Elbridge Gary with a hard G, although it's gerrymandering soft G.

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