Gerrymandering can discriminate on the basis of party, race or other pieces of identity politics. Watch this to find out how gerrymandering works and why one expert called it 'the biggest and boldest investment in modern American politics.'
The results of state legislative elections will decide which party will gain control of the 2021 redistricting process in 31 states.One aspect of the 2020 election that may be as consequential as the presidential race are the state legislative races.
Both parties are raising hundreds of millions of dollars to gain an advantage in these down-ballot races to be able to control the constitutionally mandated redistricting process. Before, politicians used Census and voter registration data to create maps. Now, Li says, they use "things like what magazines you read, what kind of car you drive. All kinds of consumer data. The same sort of data that companies use to target you."
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