According to a poll conducted in December 2018, 63 percent of respondents who identified as Democrats would prefer congressional districts free of gerrymandering, meaning they are drawn with no partisan bias whatsoever, even if this means their preferred party would not win as many seats. A slightly higher number of Republican respondents, 65 percent, also preferred districts created without gerrymandering even if it lost their party seats.
Gerrymandering is the process of deliberately changing the boundaries of electoral districts so as to favor one political party over another.
Preference for not having congressional districts with no partisan bias, even if this loses seats for their preferred party, among voters in the United States in 2018
Preference
Congressional districts that are drawn with no partisan bias whatsoever, even if that means your own preferred party would not win as many seats
Congressional districts that are drawn with a partisan bias but knowing that your preferred party would likely win more seats
Gerrymandering is the process of deliberately changing the boundaries of electoral districts so as to favor one political party over another.
Original question: "If the U.S. Supreme Court was in charge of setting the guidelines for drawing boundaries for legislative and congressional districts, which of the following do you think the Supreme Court's guidelines would favor?"
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CLC. (January 25, 2019). Preference for not having congressional districts with no partisan bias, even if this loses seats for their preferred party, among voters in the United States in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132070/preference-non-partisan-congressional-districts-us/
CLC. "Preference for not having congressional districts with no partisan bias, even if this loses seats for their preferred party, among voters in the United States in 2018." Chart. January 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132070/preference-non-partisan-congressional-districts-us/
CLC. (2019). Preference for not having congressional districts with no partisan bias, even if this loses seats for their preferred party, among voters in the United States in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132070/preference-non-partisan-congressional-districts-us/
CLC. "Preference for Not Having Congressional Districts with No Partisan Bias, Even If This Loses Seats for Their Preferred Party, among Voters in The United States in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132070/preference-non-partisan-congressional-districts-us/
CLC, Preference for not having congressional districts with no partisan bias, even if this loses seats for their preferred party, among voters in the United States in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132070/preference-non-partisan-congressional-districts-us/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Preference for not having congressional districts with no partisan bias, even if this loses seats for their preferred party, among voters in the United States in 2018 [Graph], CLC, January 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132070/preference-non-partisan-congressional-districts-us/
