Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Once a decade, lawmakers across the country get an opportunity to redraw the boundaries of their voting districts to reflect new census data. It’s a hyper-political process in which parties fight to stack the deck in their favor. Yet only one state has voted to put redistricting in the hands of an independent commission. We explore the coming redistricting battles, and why so few voters are paying attention.
Guests
- Michael McDonald Associate Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
- David Lublin Professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University and the author of “The Paradox of Representation: Racial Gerrymandering and Minority Interests In Congress,” (Princeton University Press, 1999).
- Bob Gibson Executive Director, Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, University of Virginia
- Gerry Hebert Project Administrator for Americans for Redistricting Reform, Director of Litigation and Executive Director of the Campaign Legal Center
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