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On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus take a deep look into gerrymandering and the highly specialized mapping technology that has allowed political parties—especially the GOP since 2010—to drastically change the way political districts are drawn and controlled. The hosts are joined by David Daley, a senior fellow at FairVote and the author of Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy. This interview was recorded on March 13, so no news or tabs this week, but we’ll be back to our regular schedule next week.
Stories discussed on the show:
- The New York Times: Kennedy’s Vote Is in Play on Voting Maps Warped by Politics
- The Wall Street Journal: The GOP Targets State Legislatures
- New York: The House the GOP Built: How Republicans Used Soft Money, Big Data, and High-Tech Mapping to Take Control of Congress and Increase Partisanship
- New Yorker: Drawing the Line: How Redistricting Turned America From Blue to Red
- Atlantic: Has the Tide Turned Against Partisan Gerrymandering?
Podcast production by Max Jacobs.
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