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“Gerrymandering isn’t just a recent phenomenon, though; the word was coined in 1812 when Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry went to such egregious lengths to…

— Dan Rather

Gerrymandering at its essence is supposed to be used to reflect the changing geography to ensure representation. But we know that politics gets involved…

— Wayne Messam

“the gerrymandering of 2010 had created what Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker called a “historical oddity.” Political extremists now had no incentive to…

— Jane Mayer

“The Republican Party's gerrymandering efforts were also having unintended consequences. For years the party had poured resources into state legislatures in order to redraw…

— Mark Lilla

Fighting gerrymandering is one thing. The other thing is insuring we have the right candidates for the people and not the right candidates for…

— Ilhan Omar

Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats…

— Thomas E. Mann

You can gerrymander one district, but it's very difficult to gerrymander the whole country.

— Allard K. Lowenstein

We always look at gerrymandering and what it has done to voting in America, but what I realized the other day is that the…

— Trevor Noah

“Proposed 28th Amendment: 28th Amendment: Revoke Electoral College. Banish the practice of Gerrymandering. Remove private funding from politics.”

— Leland Lewis

Since 2000, Republican policies have suppressed Democratic voting; since 2010, Republican gerrymandering has given the Republicans a heavy systematic advantage in Congress; and the…

— Heather Cox Richardson

In states where Republicans have gerrymandered themselves into nearly impenetrable legislative majorities, they have also taken steps to try to close the paths the…

— Jamelle Bouie

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

— John Engler