The trouble with redistricting.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Brief article

Partisan redistricting of congressional seats has, of course, been a major factor in the gridlock that cripples Washington. Virginia provides a striking example of what it is doing to the states. In its recent general election, only 27 of 100 House of Delegates seats were contested by a Democrat and a Republican. All the rest had been so gerrymandered as to be safe enough for one party or the other that potential candidates...