More than half of those who voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election say it’s justified to gerrymander in one state to retaliate against other states that gerrymander, results of a new national survey of U.S. adult citizens reveal. Fully 92% of citizens agree that it’s a problem when states draw legislative districts that intentionally favor one political party, including 73% who say it’s “a major problem” and 19% who deem it a minor problem, according to a national poll by The Economist/YouGov conducted May 9-11. Democrat citizens (89%) and Independents (74%) are more likely than Republicans (57%) to think gerrymandering constitutes a major problem. Similarly, 89% of those who voted for Harris label it a major problem, compared to 60% of Trump voters. Democrats also voiced much more support for retaliatory district-drawing when asked the following question: “If one state redraws its congressional districts to advantage a political party, are other states justified in retaliating and redrawing their districts to benefit the other party?” Here, 56% of Harris voters and 51% of self-identified Democrats feel that retaliatory gerrymandering is justified, compared to just 33% of Trump voters and 32% of Republican citizens. Among Independents, 31% support redrawing districts in one state in order to retaliate against other states that redraw their districts. Men are more likely than women (44%-30%) to approve of retaliatory district-drawing. By race, Blacks (81%) are more likely than either Whites (72%) or Hispanics (68%) to think gerrymandering is a major problem and nearly half (45%) say it’s justified to retaliate in kind, compared to 38% of Whites and 29% of Hispanics. Taken together, 37% of all U.S. adult citizens say it’s justified, 27% say it isn’t and 36% are “not sure.”