Voting will still be necessary. Gerrymandering can't directly affect statewide races. But it can determine control of the House of Representatives and state legislatures.
The long term solution to gerrymandering has to happen at the federal level, but unfortunately the current Supreme Court is going out of its way to dismantle voting rights and protect Republican gerrymandering schemes. And congress isn't going to do anything to stop it while Republicans are in the majority... a majority that only exists because of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
I don't like it, but having partisan gerrymandering on both sides is better than doing nothing and letting Republicans cling to power because they get to play by a different set of rules.
Voting will still be necessary. Gerrymandering can't directly affect statewide races. But it can determine control of the House of Representatives and state legislatures.
The long term solution to gerrymandering has to happen at the federal level, but unfortunately the current Supreme Court is going out of its way to dismantle voting rights and protect Republican gerrymandering schemes. And congress isn't going to do anything to stop it while Republicans are in the majority... a majority that only exists because of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
I don't like it, but having partisan gerrymandering on both sides is better than doing nothing and letting Republicans cling to power because they get to play by a different set of rules.