According to a poll conducted in December 2018, 65 percent of respondents who identified as Democrats supported the introduction of independent redistricting commissions. Republicans also approved of independent redistricting commissions, with 60 percent supporting the idea.
Independent redistricting commissions are intended to prevent gerrymandering, which is the process of deliberately changing the boundaries of electoral districts so as to favor one political party over another.
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Gerrymandering is the process of deliberately changing the boundaries of electoral districts so as to favor one political party over another.
The source does not indicate why values do not total 100 percent.
Original question: "As you may know, some states have redistricting commissions in which the boundaries of legislative and congressional districts in the state are drawn by an independent commission rather than by elected officials. Do you support or oppose the creation of independent redistricting commissions to draw the lines of legislative and congressional districts in states?"
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CLC. (January 25, 2019). Support for independent redistricting commissions to prevent gerrymandering among likely voters in the United States in 2018, by political party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132049/support-independent-redistricting-commissions-us-party/
CLC. "Support for independent redistricting commissions to prevent gerrymandering among likely voters in the United States in 2018, by political party." Chart. January 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132049/support-independent-redistricting-commissions-us-party/
CLC. (2019). Support for independent redistricting commissions to prevent gerrymandering among likely voters in the United States in 2018, by political party. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132049/support-independent-redistricting-commissions-us-party/
CLC. "Support for Independent Redistricting Commissions to Prevent Gerrymandering among Likely Voters in The United States in 2018, by Political Party." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132049/support-independent-redistricting-commissions-us-party/
CLC, Support for independent redistricting commissions to prevent gerrymandering among likely voters in the United States in 2018, by political party Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132049/support-independent-redistricting-commissions-us-party/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Support for independent redistricting commissions to prevent gerrymandering among likely voters in the United States in 2018, by political party [Graph], CLC, January 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132049/support-independent-redistricting-commissions-us-party/
