Gerrymandering As Party Competition

The author argues that there is no neutral, ideal way to draw districts and that partisan line‑drawing is a normal competitive mechanism in representative democracy. The familiar slogan that 'politicians pick voters' rests on a false premise of a pure, nonpolitical map; redistricting fights are better seen as contests between parties with voters as ultimate arbiters. — Reframing gerrymandering from democratic defect to ordinary competition challenges reform agendas and may shift legal and policy debates about maps, commissions, and court intervention.