Gerrymandering provides the illusion of democracy but actually denies it. People in one district who traditionally vote for one party might not be able to fully support the candidates they would have seen if their districts were more traditionally configured. For example, voters might want to vote for candidates who support government-sponsored health insurance, but find that gerrymandering is affecting their choices. Their votes might not count since they are dispersed among other districts and not concentrated like the votes of other parties in gerrymandered districts. There are different ways of Gerrymandering that include:
Partisan - Partisan gerrymandering seeks to arrange electoral districts in such a way to benefit the political party in control of drawing the map. State legislatures have the authority to draw the boundaries of congressional districts and state legislative districts for representation.
Packing and Cracking - Packing concentrates the vote of a particular group into a singular district thereby ensuring that they have fewer representatives in office. Cracking refers to the process of splitting up voters into disparate districts to dilute their vote. These two processes operate in tension with one another, but both can be implemented by a party in power seeking to maximize its electoral chances through gerrymandering.
Racial - Racial gerrymandering Is a political practice that dilutes the voting power of racial minorities as a method of voter suppression.
Gerrymandering (racial or otherwise) is conducted to provide an unfair advantage to a particular candidate or party.
Redistricting appears to be unconstitutional. It denies basic rights granted by the U.S. Constitution. The Fifteenth Amendment states that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Shifting geographic precincts to highlight or downplay specific candidates appears to abridge the right to vote, a direct violation of the Constitution.
Ending gerrymandering restores people’s votes, which helps restore their voices. Since gerrymandering is about voting rights, it is only fitting that some groups are using electoral means to fight the practice. https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2018/10/22/gerrymanderings-effects-on-democracy/#:~:text=They%20could%20prevent%20candidates%20from%20certain%20parties%20from,the%20parties%20as%20well%20as%20the%20democratic%20process.
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