How does gerrymandering change US politics? Look at this district.
South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District essentially traded Lester Aiken for Steve English.
In redrawing the state political map in 2020, Republicans pushed out Mr. Aiken, who is Black and leans liberal, and brought in Mr. English, who is white and leans conservative.
To talk to the two voters about it, the switch might not seem like such a big a deal. Mr. Aiken’s isn’t bothered by the charge that his neighborhood was moved because it is predominantly Black. “I don’t look at the world in Black and white,” he says.
Mr. English, who lives in rural Berkeley County, agrees. “I
