The Future of Gerrymandering Teach-Out

David Daley is the Communications Director and a senior fellow for FairVote, the author of"Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy" (W.W. Norton/Liveright) and a frequent lecturer and media source about gerrymandering. He is the former editor-in-chief of Salon.com, and the former CEO and publisher of the Connecticut News Project. He is a digital media fellow at the Wilson Center for the Humanities and the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. His work has appeared in New York magazine, the Atlantic the New Yorker, The Washington Post, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Details, and he's been on CNN and NPR. He earned his B.A. in political science at Boston College and his M.A. in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When writing for the Hartford Courant, he helped identify Mark Felt as the "Deep Throat" source for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

Originally filmed in spring of 2018, David Daley discussed Project Redmap and will talk about the importance of the “redistricting cycle,” which is a legally required process that occurs every 10 years in which districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures are redrawn. He also talks about the implications of Project Redmap and how partisan gerrymandering has impacted recent election outcomes.

Reflection Questions

During the video consider the following questions?

• Do you think we as a society should pay more attention to the issue of redistricting? Why or why not?