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How to make voting districts fair to voters, not parties

  • Written by Linda Fowler, Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
imageRepresentatives say the Pledge of Allegiance at the State Capitol in Austin. Texas is one of many states that redrew their political maps in 2021.Tamir Kalifa via Getty Images

Should fairness to political parties be the standard for evaluating legislative redistricting?

Across the nation, state lawmakers are jockeying to advantage their party...

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