Are we heading towards the gerrymander apocalypse with David Wasserman

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of redistricting on politics this cycle with insights from David Wasserman.

When we started this year, redistricting was not something we thought would be driving our politics this cycle. But, of course, that's no longer the case with Texas unleashing a domino effect of redistricting efforts across the country. Thankfully, we know someone really well who can help us understand what's happening: The Cook Political Report's very own David Wasserman.

People in this episode

Host: Amy Walter

Guest: David Wasserman

Topics covered

• redistricting
• gerrymandering
• politics
• elections
• government

Keywords

• gerrymandering
• redistricting
• Texas
• politics
• elections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Cook Political Report

Places: Texas

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