On this edition of Your Call, author and journalist Dave Daley discusses the impact of gerrymandering on the 2024 elections.
He says partisan gerrymandering is, once again, a huge reason why the right will hold the chamber. In the race for Congress in these polarized times, only one thing matters: Control the map, and you control the outcomes. Yes, the voters still cast ballots. But the winners and losers have, in many cases, been chosen already.
Guest:
David Daley, journalist, author of "Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count," "Unrigged: How Americans are Battle Back to Save Democracy," and his latest, "Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections" and former editor-in-chief of Salon
Resources:
Salon: How Republicans held the House: It's the gerrymander, stupid
The Guardian: The Republican and Democratic parties are killing electoral reform across the US
Truthout: The GOP Will Have One of the Narrowest House Majorities Seen in US History
