Gerrymandering

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Churchill was on to something. While I’m sure the vast majority of people listening to this would support the idea of democracy in theory, how a democracy is implemented can be tricky. Change the rules, and you can totally change the outcome, even if the voters vote exactly the same. This is especially true with geographical representation. Learn more about gerrymandering, its history, how it works, and measures to get rid of it on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month ButcherBox Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off." Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Winston Churchill once said,
0:02.0	Democracy is the worst form of government
0:04.0	except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
0:08.0	Churchill was on to something.
0:09.0	While I'm sure the vast majority of people listening to this
0:12.0	would support the idea of democracy in theory,
0:14.7	how a democracy is implemented can be very tricky. Change the rules and you can totally change the
0:20.4	outcome of an election, even if voters vote exactly the same way.
0:25.0	And this is especially true with geographical representation.
0:29.0	Learn more about gerrymandering, its history, how it works, and measures to get rid of it on this episode of
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