Redistricting: Does Shape Matter?
The Census Bureau finally released its much-awaited 2020 redistricting data across the various states, thereby officially launching the redistricting process for the decade. State legislatures and commissions will use this information to draw boundaries representing constituents at the congressional and state legislative levels, with each district equally populated within-state. The process will be far from technocratic, however — legislators will have considerable ability to choose their voters and thus all but ensure their own reelections.
