REDRAWING POLITICAL maps has become such a raw and overtly partisan exercise that it seems almost pollyanna-ish to observe that it turns democracy upside down and disserves voters. But really, that?s almost the good news.
In fact, the effects are even more insidious: By planting more and more districts firmly in the camp of one party or the other, the process, abetted by computer wizardry and the hard-line leanings of both parties? primary voters, leads directly to uncompromising, line-in-the-sand politicians. Partisan redistricting is a recipe for political paralysis, as the nation saw in this summer?s debt ceiling drama.
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