Gerrymandering is destroying congress.
They carve districts in such a way they don't need to compromise.
Unless they need to compromise to win votes, we get extremes, on both sides.
In the end, we, the people lose!
in part:
Why redistricting has stalled in 4 unfinished states
Court fights, intraparty strife and governors opposing legislatures mean that four states have yet to enact 2022 congressional maps.
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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has sharply criticized the maps the GOP state legislature passed in early March, promising to veto the proposal even though it would likely give the GOP an 18-10 edge in the delegation.
The legislature’s map, approved largely along party lines and under pressure from DeSantis, would dismantle the 200-mile North Florida congressional district now held by Democratic Rep. Al Lawson but create a smaller Black opportunity district in Jacksonville instead of stretching from there to Tallahassee. However, DeSantis, contends that the map proposed by the Legislature violates U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
The governor has proposed multiple maps of his own, one of which would stretch GOP gains further. But the main objective in DeSantis’ proposals have been pushing the GOP to water down Democratic-held “minority access” districts, including another one in Central Florida, where Black voters make up a sizable minority but not an overall majority.
Republican legislators, meanwhile, have resisted some of DeSantis’ demands while trying to comply with Florida’s state anti-gerrymandering provisions, which upended the last congressional map mid-decade. Republicans currently have a 16-11 edge in the Florida congressional delegation, and the state gained a seat in reapportionment last year, thanks to booming population growth.
While the legislature and governor remain in a standoff, two lawsuits have been filed in federal and state court, contending that the courts need to step in and approve new maps because of the deadlock. On Thursday, a panel of three federal judges set up deadlines to begin evaluating the case and called for both sides to come up with a list of experts to assist the court in drawing a map, “if that becomes necessary.”
more:
http://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/28/redistricting-stalled-fl-la-mo-nh-00020723
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