re: "The 10 Most Gerrymandered Districts In America"

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The polarization of federal politics is a direct result of gerrymandering.

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You can certainly argue that. Districts densely drawn to heavily favor a particular party gives less incentive for the representative to act in a bipartisan manner or compromise against his districts ideology.

But you can’t ignore the spatial polarization occurring in states between the urban and suburban/rural population.

It’s also not a unique event happening only on the federal level. Even Louisiana politics has become a near mirror image of Congress in the makeup of the House and Senate.