No politican campaign on his new gerrymandering plan.
Politicians do not openly campaign for gerrymandering, since doing so would appeal only to the hardcore supporters of their party. In districts where such people form the majority gerrymandering would be redundant, in regions where they don’t openly calling for gerrymandering would backfire.
When politicians want to change the voting system in their favor, they must present alternative explanations for their motives. For example, in many states Democrats want to restore voting rights to people with criminal records. Likewise, Republicans want to prevent people without valid IDs from voting. In both cases the politicians insist that they motives have nothing to do with partisan politics.
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