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MIDDAY POSTER: Gerrymandering The Next Decade Of Elections

Apr 6, 2021 Walker Bragman
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MIDDAY POSTER: Gerrymandering The Next Decade Of Elections
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Think your election district is safe from gerrymandering? A new review of all states’ risk of partisan redistricting has found that a startling number of locales are at high or extreme risk of having their electoral maps redrawn for political gain — and the places most in jeopardy include both red and blue states all over the country.

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