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Ari: The Whitford plaintiffs
realized there was no legislative fix
to gerrymandering. Democrats were never going
to be able to win enough seats under the gerrymandered maps
to have any sort of impact, so they had to attack
this in the courts, and they had to attack it
in an innovative way
realized there was no legislative fix
to gerrymandering. Democrats were never going
to be able to win enough seats under the gerrymandered maps
to have any sort of impact, so they had to attack
this in the courts, and they had to attack it
in an innovative way
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Ari: The Whitford plaintiffs
realized
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there was no legislative fix
to gerrymandering.
00:00:05.047 --> 00:00:08.841
Democrats were never going
to be able to win enough seats
00:00:09.991 --> 00:00:11.911
under the gerrymandered maps
to have any sort of impact,
00:00:12.044 --> 00:00:14.246
so they had to attack
this in the courts,
00:00:14.379 --> 00:00:16.716
and they had to attack it
in an innovative way.
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Movie Summary
It influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the...
