Fighting cancer on the body politic - gerrymandering, a primer

[Persondem]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/01/this-is-the-best-explanation-of-gerrymandering-you-will-ever-see/

"In the real world, this is similar to what we see in Pennsylvania. In 2012, Democrats won 51 percent of the popular House vote. But they only won 5 out of 18 House seats -- fewer than one third. This was because when Pennsylvania Republicans redrew the state's Congressional districts, they made highly irregular districts that look like the one below, PA-7, one of the most geographically irregular districts in the nation."

The article has great visuals as well.

Please spread the word - Facebook, Twitter etc. Gerrymandering should not happen in a democracy.

[Persondem]

1. YOU folks may be well informed about gerrymandering but YOU are not the target audience

Ending gerrymandering would go a long ways towards fixing the ills of our electoral system AND help democrats. Not sure why this thread has sunk so fast.