Gerry-Neutering
By Elkanah Tisdale (1771-1835) (often falsely attributed to Gilbert Stuart) [1] - Originally published in the Boston Centinel, 1812., Public Domain Tired of gerrymandering tilting the balance in favor of one political party and all the fake news propaganda focused on swing voters ( Cambridge Analytica’s “persuadables” ) to decide elections? Gerryneutering is a simple plan to neutralize the effects of both of these cheating strategies. But before that, a quick recap of gerrymandering. Steve Nass [ CC BY-SA 4.0 ] Gerrymandering, is a funny word for partisan redistricting, in which those in power redraw the voting districts to give themselves a better chance of winning subsequent elections, and districts often end up looking like funny shapes. Districts get redrawn every 10 years with the Census, and the GOP strategy in the last two decades has been to implement Project RedMap , whereby focused efforts on winning state legislatures majorities gave them this power to ...