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  2. How much will gerrymandering actually affect the 2024 election?

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    Gerrymandering was pivotal in determining the outcome of elections across that decade starting in 2012. That’s true now at the state-by-state level – [but] at the national level, that’s no ...

  3. Gerrymandering in the United States - Wikipedia

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    At a federal level, gerrymandering has been blamed for a decrease in competitive elections, movement toward extreme party positions, and gridlock in Congress. Harry Enten of FiveThirtyEight argues that decreasing competition is partly due to gerrymandering, but even more so due to the population of the United States self-segregating by ...

  4. Gerrymandering - Wikipedia

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    Gerrymandering can affect campaign costs for district elections. If districts become increasingly stretched out, candidates may incur higher costs for transportation and campaign advertising across a district. [35] The incumbent's advantage in campaign fundraising is another benefit of having a gerrymandered seat.

  5. Racial gerrymandering tilts election fairness, denies equal ...

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    More on Gerrymandering: Florida's outrageous,illegal gerrymander Electoral district maps are tweaked once a decade, based on demographic changes identified in the U.S. Census.

  6. Spoiler effect - Wikipedia

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    The vote splitting effect in plurality voting demonstrates this method's strong exit incentive: if multiple candidates with similar views run in an election, their supporters' votes will be diluted, which may cause a unified opposition candidate to win despite having less support. This effect encourages groups of similar candidates to form an ...

  7. Aggressive gerrymandering may make elections far less ... - AOL

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    Redistricting has become a partisan death match as lawmakers in both parties seek political advantages in many states.

  8. Efficiency gap - Wikipedia

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    The efficiency gap was first devised by University of Chicago law professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos and political scientist Eric McGhee in 2014. [3] The metric has notably been used to quantitatively assess the effect of gerrymandering, the assigning of voters to electoral districts in such a way as to increase the number of districts won by one political party at the expense of another.

  9. For Democrats to take the House would be like drawing an inside straight from a rigged deck.