Gerrymandering: How politicians rig elections

Most Americans think elections are rigged, and they’re right. Vox editor-in-chief Ezra Klein explains how gerrymandering works, and how to fix it. Thank you so much for watching and subscribing – you just took us over 200,000 subscribers! This is one of our favorites and it’s as true today as when we released it over a year ago when only about 1,000 subscribers saw it. Enjoy!

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Further reading:

“US elections are rigged. But Canada knows how to fix them” http://www.vox.com/2014/4/15/5604284/us-elections-are-rigged-but-canada-knows-how-to-fix-them

Gerrymandering cardstack: http://www.vox.com/cards/gerrymandering-explained/what-is-gerrymandering

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