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A Way Out of Gerrymandering’s Mutually Assured Destruction

How often do Americans vote in competitive federal elections? In much of the United States, the answer is rarely. That is a strange fact in a nation split almost equally between Democrats and Republicans. The country has ended up here because Americans increasingly live in like-minded communities inside solidly blue or red states — and because House districts are often gerrymandered to guarantee a victory for one party.