Research On The Phenomenon Of "Gerrymander" In American Redistricting

The phenomenon of "gerrymander" has been accompanied by the United States since the colonial period,which is an important manifestation of American political injustice.Political parties achieve the stable victory of Party Representatives by controlling the legislature to deliberately disperse or concentrate voters in specific constituencies,and divide the candidates of rival political parties into constituencies that are difficult to win."gerrymander" originated from the American elite,committed to avoiding direct democracy,striving to achieve the original intention of the federal government,and developed from restrict the electoral power of ethnic minorities and immigrants.However,finally,with the development of party politics and computer technology,the judicial system gradually lost its restrictions and caused serious damage to the electoral right of American citizens.In the process of development,"gerrymander" has been restricted by the judicial system and the legislature for many times,but it has never been eradicated.The huge advantage it brings to the political party destroys the balance between the two parties in regions,and makes politicians flock to it.At the same time,it is also gathering homogeneous voters by deliberately shaping the proportion of voters in the constituency to exacerbate social polarization.American scholars and politicians opposed to "gerrymander" have put forward many designs in their efforts to curb its development,including the scheme of pure rationality,the scheme of Independent Commission and use "gerrymander" in turn,but there is no obvious effect.The living soil provided by the electoral system under the constitution is difficult to change.Shortly after the chief justice of the Supreme Court nominated by trump took office in June 2019,the court announced that it was unable to try the "gerrymander",indicating that it has been difficult to restrict it to become a "legal" means in American politics,and the political parties have almost completed the comprehensive control of the legislative,administrative and judicial systems."gerrymander",as a kind of tacit political injustice,has developed and grown in the United States,which is a strong evidence of the hypocrisy of American democratic system,the out of control of party politics and the contradiction of power system design.