Texas conducted an unusual mid-decade redrawing of Congressional districts for the state. California responded in kind with a ballot measure to temporarily suspend their independent-commission-drawn districts. The debate over how the people are to be represented in the people’s House of Representatives has turned into a partisan battle. Each party accuses the other side of gerrymandering in a way that makes it hard to determine who is correct.

My LaGrange College undergraduates from my U.S. Government class and I researched this very question, from a scientific standpoint. We are now able to determine which states have drawn their districts for political power, instead of fairly representing their constituents.

John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia.  His views are his own.  He can be reached at jtures@lagrange.edu or on “X” at @johntures2. His first book “Branded” will be coming out this Fall, published by Huntsville Independent Press (https://www.huntsvilleindependent.com/).