It is rare for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear two cases addressing the same topic in a single term, but that didn’t stop partisan gerrymandering. The court heard another gerrymandering case, out of Maryland, on Wednesday, after already hearing one from Wisconsin in October. But why? Reading the tea leaves of the Supreme Court […]
Pennsylvania’s new congressional district map, released Monday by the state Supreme Court, is sure to improve Democrats’ electoral outlook in the state. Over the long term, Democrats can expect to occupy one to two additional seats compared with the current map, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis. (The state’s congressional delegation currently has 12 Republicans and […]
Nancy Pelosi has been a key figure in Republican attack ads for years, and this year is no different. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team debates why she is the focus of so much negative attention from the right (and often the left, too). The crew also breaks down the findings in a new study claiming […]
Gerrymandering. It’s become the embodiment of so many of the evils in the U.S. political system. Frustrated by the lack of competitive elections? Blame gerrymandering. Appalled by the growing number of ideological extremists in Congress? Blame gerrymandering. What about congressional gridlock? Gerrymandering did it. But gerrymandering — the drawing of political boundaries for the benefit […]
FiveThirtyEightSERIESThe Gerrymandering Project PUBLISHED JAN. 24, 2018 AT 4:59 PM The Atlas Of Redistricting By Aaron Bycoffe, Ella Koeze and David Wasserman There’s a lot of complaining about gerrymandering, but what should districts look like? We went back to the drawing board and drew six different congressional maps for the entire country. Each map has […]