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How Gerrymandering Works: A Visual Guide |
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Gerrymandering has subtle but treacherous power: it allows the party in power to draw the lines of voting districts to serve their own interests, instead of the interests of constituents.
Here's a visual guide showing, with 50 voters, comprised of a minority of 40% pigs and a majority of 60% frogs, how the pigs can redistrict for the win:
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