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Gerrymandering: How to Turn the Tables on a Rigged Game.

George J. Chanos
11 min readApr 2, 2019

Gerrymandering is a primary source of political dysfunction.

Here’s how it works; why it’s bad; and what you can do about it.

Gerrymandering is the process of creating “safe” congressional districts — districts that are overwhelmingly filled with the registered voters of only one party.

These are considered “safe” districts for that party because the party’s candidate is virtually guaranteed to win in these districts.

These districts are created by the incumbent political parties — the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

In the U.S., redistricting takes place in each state about every ten years, following the decennial census.

It has always been regarded as a political practice, and in most states, it’s controlled by state legislators and the governor.

The reason that this is detrimental to the nation as a whole is that a “certain” win, on either side (so long as you tow the party line), acts as a natural disincentive to collaboration and compromise.

It would be self-defeating, for a candidate running in a district that is primarily comprised of voters from one party, to embrace the ideas of the opposing party.

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George J. Chanos
George J. Chanos

Written by George J. Chanos

George J. Chanos, Esq. served as Nevada’s 31st Attorney General. His books, “Seize Your Destiny” and “Millennial Samurai” are available on Amazon.com

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