Partisan gerrymandering is detrimental to democracy because it undermines the impact of individual votes.

“you don't really want either side to be doing it because then essentially your vote doesn't count if you're in a in a uh you know if you're a minority of you know 49.9 as opposed to 50.1”

The practice of partisan gerrymandering is a severe threat to democracy that has been instrumental in entrenching Republican control by creating safe districts and manipulating the outcome of election

“If you live in North Carolina or Wisconsin or Ohio, you know all too well that your state is barely a democracy right now. But this has also done so much to give Republicans a leg up in the fight for Congress. And we're watching right now as they're trying to solidify that ahead of the 2026 midterms”