The common misconception — even President Obama has fallen prey to this error — is to assume that gerrymandering allows parties to engineer safe districts for their incumbents, ensuring easy reelection. But the exact opposite is true. Redistricting’s real purpose is engineering safe districts for your opponent — to pack as many of them into as few districts as possible.
QUESTION 2
10 points
"Redistricting's real purpose is engineering safe districts for your opponent -- to pack as many of them into as few districts as possible."
Based on what you've read so far, explain what this quote means.
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