Trump pressured red states to gerrymander so that Republicans could gain up to 12 additional seats and offset the coming Blue Wave. Democrats responded to this tactic to level the playing field. Don’t let the media tell you this is Dem hypocrisy—the Republicans are sore losers!
Gerrymandering is bad for democracy. But what is worse is allowing one party to completely rig the rules without a response from the other party.
Facts:
- Blue states: in response to red states
- Blue states: let the voters decide
- Blue states: decision is temporary
- Blue states: maps are not a racial gerrymander
- Congressional Republicans have repeatedly blocked the Freedom to Vote Act, which would ban partisan gerrymandering
Sources: The Equation, Mother Jones, Ari Berman, Fair Vote
