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You can pack your opponent, so you can put
your opponent's supporters into as few districts
as possible, so they'll win some seats,
but you'll win all the other seats. Then there is also cracking,
that's the other way gerrymandering works, where you spread
your opponents out. So, fine, you'll give
your opponents 20 percent of the vote
in a bunch of districts, but they're never going
to win those districts. Kevin: The effects of packing
and cracking are to create seats
that are safe. The winner is pre‐decided, just by the way
that the districts are drawn
your opponent's supporters into as few districts
as possible, so they'll win some seats,
but you'll win all the other seats. Then there is also cracking,
that's the other way gerrymandering works, where you spread
your opponents out. So, fine, you'll give
your opponents 20 percent of the vote
in a bunch of districts, but they're never going
to win those districts. Kevin: The effects of packing
and cracking are to create seats
that are safe. The winner is pre‐decided, just by the way
that the districts are drawn
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You can pack your opponent,
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so you can put
your opponent's supporters
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into as few districts
as possible,
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so they'll win some seats,
but you'll win
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all the other seats.
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Then there is also cracking,
that's the other way
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gerrymandering works,
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where you spread
your opponents out.
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So, fine, you'll give
your opponents 20 percent
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of the vote
in a bunch of districts,
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but they're never going
to win those districts.
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Kevin: The effects of packing
and cracking
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are to create seats
that are safe.
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The winner is pre‐decided,
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just by the way
that the districts are drawn.
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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...
