Gerrymandering: How to Stifle Democracy

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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No matter which side of the political spectrum you fall on, you should be outraged about the practice of gerrymandering. Redrawing voter district maps to ensure political dominance is about as undemocratic as it gets.

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