What is Gerrymandering and can it be stopped?

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Virginia Democrats, in a rank partisan power-grab, just voted to replace the current fair and bipartisan congressional map with a naked gerrymander that will give Democrats 10 of the state’s 11 seats, despite Democrats having only about 55% of the state’s voters.