Op-Ed Politics

Gerrymandering can’t last forever Liz Terwilliger and Stephen Wahrhaftig September 9, 2025 September 8, 2025

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Gerrymandering has been much in the news lately, with Texas Republicans hoping to eke out extra election wins, and California determined to do the same for Democrats. Since both states are already heavily gerrymandered, the latest redistricting is nothing new, but just a matter of degree.

Historically, the Democrats were the undisputed wizards of the gerrymander. Starting with the first recorded use, in Massachusetts in 1812 . Interestingly, the party at the time was called “Democratic-Republicans” before they stuck only with the first term. It is fitting that the party once u

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