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E337. Gerrymandering Exposed - How Maps Steal Your Vote - Kate Compton Barr
Kate Compton Barr, a North Carolina state senate candidate, deliberately ran a campaign she knew wouldn't win to highlight gerrymandering issues. She and Bridget discuss how politicians strategically redraw voting districts to maintain power, techniques like "packing" and "cracking," and why it’s one of the most extreme problems facing our country right now. They cover her background in behavioral science, examining how digital echo chambers and pandemic-related stress have contributed to political polarization, her mission to disrupt the system, what it’s actually like to knock on doors to…
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