Source: Gideon’s Substack
by Noah Millman
“What makes a redistricting map fair? Is it the process or the product—and in either case, what process and what product? I’m prompted to ask this question, of course, by the proposed Texas gerrymander, aimed at increasing the Republican congressional delegation by five seats. From a process perspective, the objections are obvious. Redistricting only has to happen after a new census, so a redistricting at any other time is presumptively illegitimate. And for any purely partisan redistricting the negative presumption is even greater. There’s something obviously undemocratic about allowing incumbents to set the boundaries of their own districts to keep themselves in office, and to allow incumbent majorities to improve their political position by similar means. One of the teams playing the game shouldn’t be allowed unilaterally to change the rules.” (08/07/25)
https://gideons.substack.com/p/what-makes-a-redistricting-fair