On this edition of Your Call's media roundtable, we discuss the effects of partisan and racial gerrymandering on a wide range of issues, including gun control, abortion rights, and voting rights.
Over the past decade, state races were flooded with a gold rush of dark money made possible by Citizens United allowing Republicans to reshape state legislatures, according to journalist David Daley. We are now seeing the results.
Guest:
David Daley, journalist, senior fellow for FairVote, and author of Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count and Unrigged: How Americans Battled Back To Save Democracy
Web Resources:
The Guardian: Democrats won a vital Wisconsin judgeship. But voting rights aren’t safe
New Yorker: A High-Stakes Election in the Midwest’s “Democracy Desert”
NBC: How redistricting brought Tennessee to this moment
ProPublica: How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law
Alabama Political Reporter: Black voters, organizations sue Jefferson County for racial gerrymandering
