The current national fight over congressional maps ties back more than 200 years to a legendary moment in Massachusetts ...

The term “gerrymander” was coined in 1812, after a political cartoon in the Boston Gazette showed a proposed redistricting ...

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. As states like Texas and California work to redraw congressional maps in favor of one political party or ...

Ever since the Founding Fathers’ “Great Compromise” — equal representation for each state in the Senate and representation of each state based on population in the House of Representatives — ...

Gerrymandering has been a standard tactic in U.S. politics since 1812, when Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that helped his fellow Republicans by packing rival Federalist Party voters ...

Democracies that use proportional systems consistently show higher turnout, more accurate representation, more competitive ...

The mid-decade congressional gerrymandering that Donald Trump kicked off by instructing Texas Republicans to grab five additional districts before the 2026 midterms was startling to anyone with an ...