We can’t ‘ban gerrymandering’ if we don’t agree on what gerrymandering is

Published August 3, 2026 3:34pm ET | Updated August 3, 2026 3:34pm ET



Democrats gerrymander just as much as Republicans, but Democrats claim their party has the moral high ground because, according to liberal journalists, Democrats have tried to “ban gerrymandering.”

This claim has a dozen things wrong with it — for instance, Democrats tied their gerrymandering legislation to other measures including banning voter ID — but the fundamental problem was that nobody agrees on what gerrymandering is.

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