The Pros And Cons Of Gerrymandering

"Salamander! Call it a Gerrymander." A federalist paper editor is said to have declared this after the signing of the 1812 redistricting law. Governor Elbridge Gerry had found a way to expand his political power by gerrymandering the districts. (Boston Gazzete) Even now, gerrymandering remains a threat as the power struggle sways back and forth between leading politicians. Is there a better way to redistrict? The answer is no. Gerrymandering will always involve politics since it in itself is a political controversy. As to whether it should be fair, yes. There should be a way to which certain people are not excluded. There should be a way in which people will not say that a census is "looming"(Laughlin, 46.1) over them. When political