Commentary: One thing Americans agree on
by David Daley, Los Angeles Times
Nov 12, 2018
3 minutes
America's deeply divided electorate agreed on at least one thing on election day: Voters hate gerrymandering. In red states, blue states and purple states, they've had it with politicians drawing their own districts, choosing their own voters and distorting democracy.
Colorado, Michigan and Missouri all approved ballot questions - by wide margins - that would remove the power to draw federal and state legislative districts from politicians and hand the responsibility to citizen commissions or nonpartisan entities. Redistricting reform also leads in Utah, with
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