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Who Draws the Lines? A History of Gerrymandering

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2025-10-08 01:24:54
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Californians have started receiving their ballots this week for the Nov. 4 special election. Voters will decide on Proposition 50, a measure that would redraw the state’s congressional maps to help Democrats pick up five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s a move prompted by President Donald Trump’s calls for Republican states to give him more GOP seats in Congress, which Texas and Missouri have already answered.Scott and Marisa discuss the history of gerrymandering with Los Angeles Times writer James Rainey, taking us back to an earlier era a regular part of California’s political landscape.

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