Currently, the redistricting of congressional boundaries is controlled by state legislature every ten years. Gerrymandering is the redrawing of districts with the intent of benefiting a political party. It is most often implemented by state political parties with the intent of marginalizing districts of voters who represent the minority party. To gain extra seats, the incumbent party will redraw voting districts so that voters of the minority party will be grouped into smaller districts with less seats. Critics of gerrymandering say these practices allow incumbent representatives to choose their voters instead of voters choosing them. Proponents say that drawing districts is a privilege of the ruling party and have little effect on the popularity of their policies or candidates.
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0% Yes, switch to a multi-member, proportionally selected redistricting system |
0% No, gerrymandering allows officials to more effectively represent the interests of their constituency |
0% Yes, gerrymandering gives an unfair advantage to the party in power during redistricting |
0% No, there is no better alternative |
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