May 26, 2023

E02: Gerrymandering

15 minutes

Interested in how salamanders are related to elections? Or one of the biggest unresolved mysteries from Disney? Did you know our moms have been taking tips from politicians? Tune in here where we are explaining all that and more in a deep dive of gerrymandering.

#gerrymandering #districts #election #democracy #news #politics #internationalaffairs #globalaffairs #internationalnews #globalnews

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Chapters

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00:00 Show Intro

00:26 Episode Intro

00:40 What is a Census?

01:40 Understanding Districts

04:29 Gerrymandering

06:30 History of Gerrymandering

10:33 Stance of both Parties

12:35 Possible Solutions

14:07 Episode Wrap up

14:47 Show Wrap up

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Learn More

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⁠⁠⁠Packing and cracking: The Supreme Court takes up partisan gerrymandering⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.yahoo.com/news/packing-cracking-supreme-court-takes-partisan-gerrymandering-090050994.html)

⁠⁠⁠Can You Gerrymander Your Party to Power? Draw Your Own Districts.⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/27/us/politics/congressional-gerrymandering-redistricting-game-2022.html)

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

⁠⁠⁠How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights - Center for American Progress⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.americanprogress.org/article/partisan-gerrymandering-limits-voting-rights/)

⁠⁠⁠Democrats and Republicans Agree on Importance of Ending Gerrymandering | Campaign Legal Center⁠⁠⁠ (https://campaignlegal.org/update/democrats-and-republicans-agree-importance-ending-gerrymandering)

⁠⁠⁠Gerrymandering Explained | Brennan Center for Justice⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained)

⁠⁠⁠How Gerrymandering Began in the US⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.history.com/news/gerrymandering-origins-voting)

⁠⁠⁠The Thickest Thicket: Partisan Gerrymandering and Judicial Regulation of Politics⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.jstor.org/stable/1122527?origin=crossref)

⁠⁠⁠Redistricting, a Devil’s Dictionary — ProPublica⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.propublica.org/article/redistricting-a-devils-dictionary)

⁠⁠⁠Rucho v. Common Cause | Brennan Center for Justice⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/rucho-v-common-cause)

⁠⁠⁠Free font Ugly Gerry — gerrymandering font — FontsArena⁠⁠⁠ (https://fontsarena.com/ugly-gerry/)

⁠⁠⁠Princeton Gerrymandering Project⁠⁠⁠ (https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/)

⁠⁠⁠Mathematicians are deploying algorithms to stop gerrymandering | MIT Technology Review⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/12/1031567/mathematicians-algorithms-stop-gerrymandering/amp/)

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