Gerrymandering

Civics 101

NHPR

Government, History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The 2020 census has concluded, which means it's time for states to redraw their congressional districts. Today we're exploring partisan gerrymandering, the act of drawing those maps to benefit one party over the other. In this episode you'll learn about stacking, cracking, packing, and many other ways politicians choose voters (instead of the other way round). Taking us through the story of Gerry's salamander and beyond are professors Justin Levitt, Robin Best, and Nancy Miller. Civics 101 is free to listen to, but not to make. Click here to make a small donation to support the show today! CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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