Help Slay the Gerrymander: A Zoom Conversation with Dave Daley & Sam Wang
The Supreme Court has gutted what was left of the Voting Rights Act. Republican legislatures in Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama are already redrawing congressional maps mid-decade, with more states on the way. It's happening faster than anyone expected, and the consequences for minority representation, competitive elections, and the basic premise of one person, one vote are severe.
Sam sat down with Dave Daley—author of Ratf**ked and Unrigged, and one of the country's foremost chroniclers of gerrymandering—for a live Zoom conversation about the unprecedented wave of mid-decade redistricting and what Congress can do to stop it.
"My first order of business is to fix this bug in democracy once and for all. In addition to my work at the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, I have Capitol Hill experience as legislative staff for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. I know how to translate our collective anger into practical action." Sam Wang
Sam founded the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and has spent decades fighting rigged maps across the country. Dave Daley's reporting helped expose how Republicans engineered a generational advantage through REDMAP and the post-2010 gerrymander, and he's been one of the clearest voices on what's coming next. In this conversation, they cover where we are, what's at stake, and how we fight back.