Gerrymandering

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Gerrymandering: the act of drawing congressional districts to favor one party over the other. But how does it work? Is it "legal"? Today we explore the many ways people in power use maps to reward friends and punish enemies.

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0:00.0	Okay.
0:01.0	Okay.
0:02.0	This recording.
0:03.0	Yeah.
0:04.0	Okay, hold on.
0:05.0	Okay.
0:06.0	Um, take a look at this.
0:09.0	Okay.
0:10.0	Splot.
0:11.0	It's like a Rorschach test.
0:13.0	Okay, so that's Maryland's third district and it's called, it's nicknamed the Praying
0:17.6	Mantis.
0:18.6	So you check this one out.
0:20.2	There's a long thing that could be like a trunk that looks like it might be like splirting
0:24.6	water out of it.
0:25.9	That's Texas's 35th district and it's nicknamed the Upside Down Elephant.
0:29.6	Is it Rorschach or Rorschach?
0:31.6	Rorschach.
0:32.6	Good.
0:33.6	There's an old joke like, who is this guy Rorschach and why did he draw so many pictures
0:35.9	of my parents fighting?
0:36.9	Yeah, it's good.
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