GerryMandering

“Pennsylvania and New York have lost congressional seats over time. But Pennsylvania's gerrymandering scores have risen steadily, while New York's peaked around the 98th Congress and have been declining ever since. Texas has nearly doubled its congressional representation since 1950, and its gerrymandering average spiked in the 103rd Congress, dipped in the 108th, and shot back up in the 113th.”

I have heard about gerrymandering before, personally I feel as though it shouldn’t be allowed since states can control it and it could be used to favor a certain party or class.  Although since everyone is doing this then it seems to not be that bad. I see it as if everyone is doing it then no one will get in trouble for doing this, I do still see this as something that isn’t right since states can have advantages because of gerrymandering by possibly favoring a class or party. Gerrymandering has its downsides, since the risk that the state is putting on the line is the citizens representation in congress.