Virginia's Clownish Redistricting Scheme

Virginia's Clownish Redistricting Scheme

Virginia is the new Illinois. The practice of drawing partisan districts is named after Elbridge Gerry, the 19th-century Massachusetts governor. Even he might blush at the extreme gerrymander that Democrats in the commonwealth are pushing. They want to go from a congressional delegation with 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans — broadly representing the partisan makeup of the state — to a 10-1 Democrati...