Which states employ the controversial practice of gerrymandering most? Newsweek has drawn up a map.
Gerrymandering remains a contentious issue in American politics, but which states twist and turn their voting maps the most?Newsweek has mapped the most gerrymandered states, based on data from the World Population Review.Much of the worst gerrymandering was concentrated in parts of the Southern and Northeastern United States. The 11 worst offenders were North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Utah, Texas, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
'Gerrymandering, by creating 'safe' electoral seats, is one of the most important drivers of polarization on Capitol Hill,' Thomas Gift, associate professor of political science and founding director of the UCL Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London, told Newsweek. 'It ensures that the only genuine competition that House members face is from the flanks of their parties in the primaries.
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