{"id":12344,"date":"2019-05-01T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T22:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/the-people-vs-the-politicians-the-case-against-gerrymandering-in-the-court-of-public-opinion\/"},"modified":"2019-05-01T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T22:07:09","slug":"the-people-vs-the-politicians-the-case-against-gerrymandering-in-the-court-of-public-opinion","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/the-people-vs-the-politicians-the-case-against-gerrymandering-in-the-court-of-public-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"El pueblo contra los pol\u00edticos: el caso contra la manipulaci\u00f3n de los distritos electorales en el tribunal de la opini\u00f3n p\u00fablica"},"template":"","class_list":["post-12344","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":4570,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12345}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12346}"],"related_issues":[103,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Americans concerned about the dysfunction of our political system are increasingly rallying around one concrete and surprisingly non-controversial solution. They<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>re working to end gerrymandering, the process by which politicians design convoluted legislative maps in order to protect incumbents, avoid accountability and gain partisan advantage.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nUnlike the hot-button political issues that are ripping this country apart, outrage over gerrymandering transcends the partisan divide, pitting voters not against each other but uniting them against self-interested politicians\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0both parties.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nGerrymandering undermines democracy by letting legislat<\/span>ors<\/span>, who are supposed to be democratically elected, choose their voters instead. Gerrymandered districts are\u00a0<\/span>almost never competitive<\/span>. Candidates feel more beholden to party leaders and their funders than they do to their constituents. And a party can win\u00a0<\/span>the majority of<\/span>\u00a0votes in a state but end up with only a small minority of the legislative seats -- if the opposition controlled the last remapping.<\/span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10986\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"779\"]\"\" Rally at the Supreme Court as the justices hear Rucho v. Common Cause, a landmark lawsuit against Republican gerrymandering in North Carolina and Lamone v. Benisek, a Democratic Party gerrymander in Maryland., Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in Washington. (Sharon Farmer\/sfphotoworks)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Supreme Court is currently deliberating over\u00a0<\/span>Rucho v<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Common Cause<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>out\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0North Carolina\u00a0<\/span>and another similar case<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of extreme partisan gerrymandering<\/span>\u00a0in Maryland<\/span>, and its rulings could have dramatic effects\u00a0<\/span>on how state\u00a0<\/span>politicians<\/span>\u00a0draw maps<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, however, grassroots campaigns to end gerrymandering are plowing ahead \u2013 most successfully in states where voters can gather signatures to get redistricting\u00a0<\/span>reform\u00a0<\/span>on the ballot.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re witnessing a civic awakening,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span>Karen Hobert Flynn<\/span><\/b><\/a>, president of Common Cause<\/span><\/b>. \u201cWe\u2019ve taken the ultimate insider issue and turned it into a popular cause that people are protesting in the streets about. Voters are activated, and they want politicians to know their little insider game has to end.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nTrump is undeniably a factor. His election and his approach to governing have left many Americans<\/span>\u00a0concerned about the fragility of our democratic system. Some see fighting\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0fair elections\u00a0<\/span>as a way to<\/span>\u00a0channel their frustration.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd to the extent that Trump supporters were responding to his campaign against establishment politics, entrenched interests and the need to \u201cdrain the swamp,\u201d the fight to end gerrymandering works for them as well.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe movement also benefits from simple and effective messaging. Gerrymandering itself may be complicated\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0explain, but the notion that voters should be picking their politicians -- not the other way around \u2013 is an easy sell.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThat is a message that has really resonated,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span>Yurij<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Rudensky<\/span><\/b>, a lawyer who focuses on redistricting issues at the Brennan Center for Justice<\/span><\/b>. \u201cAnd I think that people viscerally understand the inherent conflict of interest that exists when politicians are able to draw their own districts.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nTalk to grassroots supporters of ending gerrymandering, and you hear that word \u2013 resonate \u2013 a lot.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cIt resonated because I\u2019ve been \u2013 as most of us are \u2013 very concerned with the dysfunction in our national political system,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span>Brian Miller<\/span><\/b>,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0of Gambier, Ohio<\/span><\/b>, who was attending a rally outside the Supreme Court while attorneys inside argued\u00a0<\/span>Rucho\u00a0v Common Cause<\/span><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Lamone v Benisek<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0March. \u201cGerrymandering is really the heart of it all.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nGrassroots volunteers who go door to door to talk and hand out literature about redistricting report back that the response is overwhelmingly positive. \u201cIt appeals to people,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span>Keith Oberg, of Arlington, Va.<\/span><\/b>, who recently canvassed on behalf of a bill that would put a redistricting initiative on the ballot in his state. Unlike when he canvasses\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>particular politicians<\/span>, he said, \u201cnobody yells at me.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m really very nonpolitical, but it seems like our democratic process is being attacked on a number of fronts,\u201d said campaign volunteer\u00a0<\/span>Seth Craig, of Fredericksburg, Va.<\/span><\/b>, also rallying against gerrymandering outside the Supreme Court. \u201cThis is something that\u2019s kind of fixed\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0the background, that kind of eliminates people\u2019s choices,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is one we can work on today.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nRepresentatives of the grassroots organizations that won redistricting-reform ballot measures\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0Michigan, Colorado, Utah, and Missouri\u00a0<\/span>spoke earlier this year<\/span><\/a>\u00a0at a \u201c<\/span>Terminate Gerrymandering Summit\u201d\u00a0<\/span>hosted by former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nMichigan\u2019s Katie Fahey<\/span><\/b>, who\u00a0<\/span>famously launched<\/span><\/a>\u00a0what became a successful ballot initiative in Michigan with\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>single Facebook post<\/span><\/a>, described the gerrymandering opponents\u2019 secret weapon.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cNobody is happy with the state of politics. Nobody!\u201d she said. She and other volunteers with the\u00a0<\/span>Voters Not Politicians group often began their conversations with voters<\/span>\u00a0by asking: \u201cAre you happy with the state of politics?\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cAnd, big shocker, nobody is,\u201d Fahey said. Urban, rural, it didn\u2019t make a difference. \u201cEven extremely apathetic voters\u201d respond emotionally.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cFairness, transparency, wanting a better world, a better state -- that is something that a lot of us have in common,\u201d she said. And people recognize that \u201cpoliticians are not going to give themselves less power,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s up to us. It\u2019s up to people \u2026 We the people are the only ones who can fix it.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nCatherine Kanter, the campaign manager for Better Boundaries Utah<\/span><\/b>, explained\u00a0<\/span>how<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>voters<\/span>\u00a0in deep-red<\/span>\u00a0Utah ended up backing a citizen commission\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0November. Volunteers made a conscious effort not to get sucked into discussions about which party stood to gain, but instead focused on \u201cincumbent retention,\u201d she said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThose are the things we found that people were really bothered by: This notion that you have conflicted individuals drawing their own maps and considering them \u2018their\u2019 districts -- not the people\u2019s districts -- and this idea that communities were getting sliced and diced for reasons that were benefitting politicians, not individuals.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nKanter said that\u2019s \u201c<\/span>an important piece of the Utah story, to understand that redistricting reform can happen even in a place where it looks like it\u2019s unlikely.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cWe were people who came together even though we were divided in other ways, came together because we were unified over this simple idea \u2026 that politicians have to be accountable to their voters and that they\u2019re not when egregious gerrymandering comes into play.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nClean Missouri campaign director Sean\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Soendker<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Nicholson<\/span><\/b>\u00a0said his successful campaign began soon after the 2016 election, upon the realization that the same people kept getting elected to the state legislature with no competition.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cWe had no idea that anyone else cared or anyone else thought about gerrymandering. We just knew that Jefferson City was messed up,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0just no competition and people got reelected over and over again. It was a cesspool ...<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, we were trying to figure out how can we get our state legislature back on track, make it more accountable, back to the people.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nKent Thiry, a healthcare company CEO<\/span><\/b>\u00a0who\u00a0<\/span>supported<\/span>\u00a0the Colorado measure noted how much has changed since he was working on the issue in California, where ballot initiatives passed in 2008 and 2010.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to have an idea that\u2019s the right idea. It\u2019s another thing for it to be the right time,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he said. During the California campaigns, surveys and focus groups showed voters had never heard of gerrymandering. \u201cThe world is so different now,\u201d Thiry said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10987\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"829\"]\"\" Rally at the Supreme Court as the justices hear Rucho v. Common Cause, a landmark lawsuit against Republican gerrymandering in North Carolina and Lamone v. Benisek, a Democratic Party gerrymander in Maryland., Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in Washington. (Sharon Farmer\/sfphotoworks)[\/caption]\r\n\r\n\u201cThe fear among our populace is almost palpable,\u201d he said. \u201cThe number of partisan Ds on the far left, partisan Rs on the far right -- and everything in between -- that are worried about our democracy is much higher than I\u2019ve ever experienced it<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWith more people understanding gerrymandering and its significance, he said, \u201cthe woods are filled with kindling; it\u2019s just so important that some of us light the match.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSome observers think gerrymandering is \u201csuddenly\u201d an issue. \u201cWhat is truly remarkable is, on one hand we\u2019ve come so far, so fast,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span>Ka<\/span><\/b>thay Feng<\/span><\/b><\/a>, national redistricting director for Common Cause<\/span><\/b>. \u201cOn the other hand, we\u2019re an overnight sensation 50 years in the making.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nFeng explained: \u201cCommon Cause has been wrestling gerrymandering for 40 of our nearly 50 years. It\u2019s really quite simple: regardless of what this or any Court decides, we must replace the self-interest of politicians rigging a system for partisan advantage with the community-interest of impartial, civic-minded people who will draw fair maps.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

WHAT\u2019S NEXT?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\nWith four states voting to establish citizens redistricting commissions in November 2018 (Colorado, Michigan, Missouri and Utah), that makes 17 states in all that have adopted some checks and balances to limit gerrymandering.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSo, what states are next?<\/span> \"\"<\/span>\r\n

Virginia<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\nAdvocates of redistricting reform in Virginia won a huge victory in February when the state legislature passed the \"first read\"\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>amendment<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that would establish a redistricting commission made up of eight legislators and eight citizens. The citizens, including the chairperson, would be selected by retired judges from lists provided by both parties in both chambers of the General Assembly. The final maps would require a three-fourths vote of the legislators and the citizens, and every step of the proceedings would be open to the public.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIt is, as\u00a0<\/span>Brian Cannon<\/span><\/b><\/a>, executive director of\u00a0<\/span><\/b>redistricting<\/span><\/b>\u00a0group\u00a0<\/span><\/b>OneVirginia2021<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0described it, \u201c<\/span>the most comprehensive redistricting reform ever passed through a state legislature.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nA\u00a0<\/span>poll in December<\/span><\/a>\u00a0found that Virginians support an independent commission to draw voting lines by a staggering 78 to 17 margin.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nBut the battle isn\u2019t over. Another major grassroots mobilization will begin after state elections in November 2019, because the new legislature\u00a0<\/span>has to<\/span>\u00a0pass the resolution a second time for the amendment to make it to the ballot.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

Arkansas<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\nEntrenched interests have often fought ballot initiatives they didn\u2019t like by launching their own initiatives to confuse or divide voters. In Arkansas,\u00a0<\/span>two groups<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>are pushing for ballot measures in 2020 to establish redistricting commissions \u2013 but only one of them is acting\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0good faith. The first proposal\u00a0<\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>follow the bipartisan model<\/span><\/a>\u00a0adopted in other states: an independent commission with bipartisan and unaffiliated members. The other is a\u00a0<\/span>nakedly partisan plan<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to preserve Republican control by creating a commission with\u00a0<\/span>a majority of<\/span>\u00a0members appointed by Republican legislative leaders.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

Oregon<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\nIn Oregon,\u00a0<\/span>grassroots groups<\/span>,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0<\/span>Common Cause Oregon and League of Women Voters\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Oregon<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will likely push to get\u00a0<\/span>at least one<\/span><\/a>\u00a0measure on the 2020 ballot calling for an independent redistricting commission. In that state\u2019s legislature, it\u2019s Republicans who are pushing for change, while the Democratic majority is putting up resistance.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

And Beyond<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\nFour other states \u2013 Illinois, Mississippi, Nebraska and Oklahoma \u2013 could have anti-gerrymandering measures on the 2020 ballot.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nGrassroots coalitions are actively promoting legislation in several other states, including Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd there\u2019s some movement in Congress -- although Republican senators have vowed to block it. House Democrats passed an om<\/span>nibus democracy-reform\u00a0<\/span>\u201cFor the People Act\u201d<\/span><\/a>, in March, designated House Resolution 1 (H. R. 1).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAmong its many provisions, H.R.1 requires every state to set up a 15-member non-partisan citizens commission charged with remapping congressional districts after each decennial census. The selection process, mapping guidelines and voting rules all require a nonpartisan approach.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nT<\/span>he U.S. Supreme Court decision in\u00a0<\/span>Rucho\u00a0v. Common Cause<\/span><\/i>\u00a0is expected\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0June.\u00a0<\/span>One<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>result is inevitable,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of how the\u00a0<\/span>j<\/span>ustices<\/span>\u00a0rule, Hobert Flynn said. \u201cIt will be a rallying cry for people taking on politicians.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=52kJycYe2N4[\/embed]"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nThe People vs. The Politicians: The Case Against Gerrymandering in the Court of Public Opinion - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/the-people-vs-the-politicians-the-case-against-gerrymandering-in-the-court-of-public-opinion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The People vs. The Politicians: The Case Against Gerrymandering in the Court of Public Opinion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/the-people-vs-the-politicians-the-case-against-gerrymandering-in-the-court-of-public-opinion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/the-people-vs-the-politicians-the-case-against-gerrymandering-in-the-court-of-public-opinion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/the-people-vs-the-politicians-the-case-against-gerrymandering-in-the-court-of-public-opinion\/\",\"name\":\"The People vs. The Politicians: The Case Against Gerrymandering in the Court of Public Opinion - 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