feet. one possible solution to all of this, bring in independent commissions to redraw congressional districts. but how likely is it that s going to happen. we sent our jason carroll to california to find out. reporter: partisan pickering, republicans and democrats unable to find common ground, searching for reasons why. alan lowenthaw says try looking closer to home. do you think most people out, wherever they may be, have a keen sense of where districts are drawn. no, this is boring, this is a yawner. reporter: he s working to change an old practice, one he says has taken place next to his own district. gerrymandering. it s all designed to protect the incumbents. reporter: gerrymandering is named after massachusetts governor alberts gerry, who
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