Gerrymandering in Indiana is worse than 95% of the U.S., new report says
As Indiana lawmakers prepare to redraw legislative and congressional district maps for the first time in a decade, a fight to make sure they are fair is taking off.
Credit: WTHR
Author: Madison Stacey
Updated: 8:49 PM EDT July 2, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s a decades old practice used by legislators across the political spectrum to gain an edge over the opposing party come Election Day.
Gerrymandering – also called redistricting – is the act of manipulating congressional or legislative district maps in a way that gives that mapmaker’s party disproportionate power as a result.