Politics & Government
How Independent Redistricting Commissions Reduce Partisan Gerrymandering
Quick fact
Studies show that independent commissions reduce partisan gerrymandering: for example, congressional districts in commission states have significantly lower partisan bias and wasted-vote differentials than states where legislatures draw the maps.
Why this is interesting
Every ten years, the party in power in most states gets to draw its own election map. Why do some states now hand that power to a group of unelected citizens—and does it actually work?