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266 | Nick Seabrook: Gerrymandering, Responsive Politics, and the Threat to Democracy
FromThe Realignment
266 | Nick Seabrook: Gerrymandering, Responsive Politics, and the Threat to Democracy
FromThe Realignment
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61 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2022
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Subscribe to The Realignment on Supercast to support the show and access all of our bonus content: https://realignment.supercast.com/.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/PURCHASE ONE PERSON ONE, VOTE AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comNick Seabrook, author of One Person, One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America, joins The Realignment to discuss the history of gerrymandering and its costs, the need for responsive politics, why despite its long history, gerrymandering is particularly harmful today, and the reasons why campaign finance reform, electoral reform, and new parties won't solve America's polarization problem.
Released:
Jul 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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