Congress



One important consideration in determining electoral districts for the House, is what has come to be know as "gerrymandering." State legislatures in each state are tasked with re-drawing the electoral districts in accordance with population fluctuations in the state. Predictably, this has a partisan bias, meaning simply, that whatever party has a majority in the state will seek to draw the boundaries in the district to benefit their party and disadvantage the other party. This has led to some oddly shaped electoral districts, like this one in Chicago...

In the absence of gerrymandering, more congressional districts would be up for grabs on election day. There seems to be no democracy and the outcome of the congressional elections are preordained.

Take the drawing of district boundaries out of the hands of self interested politicians. Congress could reform by imposing a federal law for a fair method of redistricting on states.