American Democracy: A Race to the Bottom

American Democracy: A Race to the Bottom

A gerrymandering war between Republican and Democrat states risks devastating consequences for the functioning of our democracy, argues Alexandra Hall Hall

Other Editors: How to stop the race to the bottom on gerrymandering

Florida was supposed to be the finale of this year’s race to the bottom on redistricting. Yet a cacophonous encore is now playing across the South after a Supreme Court ruling last week. The GOP started it in Texas last summer. A back-and-forth ensued, with Democrats redrawing maps in California and Virginia while Republicans did so in Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Simultaneously, a long-running constitutional dispute over the Voting Rights…