Gerrymandering Pros And Cons

Gerrymandering is the process of altering electoral districts to favor a political party over the other by receiving more votes in that district based on the population demographics and party affiliation. The practice of gerrymandering was created when Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts had enacted a bill that would allow the state to the redistricted in a way that would favor the party he represented, the Democratic-Republican Party, over the Federalists. When the redistricting plan was brought to the press, the term was created using Governor Gerry 's name and the term salamander after one district in Boston appeared to look like a salamander. In recent elections, the United States has not gone through a redistricting process since the last census in 2010. With the next census coming up in 2020, the United States will have to analyze areas where that population has either increased or decreased and redistribute the electoral districts accordingly. Unfortunately, this will result in some form of gerrymandering to sway voting populations for either Democrats or Republicans. After the 2016 elections, it seems as those redistricting had be in favor of the Republicans so they can reclaim areas that they …show more content…
After the 2016 election, it seems gerrymandering will never die off as the practice can be used as a ploy for one political party to overcome the other with an advantage. What I wonder for the future is if we will establish a system of independent or alternative parties on top of our two party system, how will districts look when every party wants a piece of the American electorate. How can all of these parties please a single group of people with differing viewpoints more complex than the political parties themselves? When will we eventually create a system of equal representation and gradually eliminate the use of