Democrats won in nine of the 10 most-gerrymandered districts. But eight out of 10 of those districts were drawn by Republicans.This speaks to the notion that the point of gerrymandering isn't to draw yourself a safe seat but to put your opponents in safe seats by cramming all of their supporters into a small number of districts. This lets you spread your own supporters over a larger number of districts. And the way to do this is to draw outlandishly-shaped districts that bring far-flung geographic areas together. North Carolina's 12th district, which holds the title of the nation's most-gerrymandered, is a textbook example of this: It snakes from north of Greensboro, to Winston-Salem, and then all the way down to Charlotte, spanning most of the state in the process.
It seems that gerrymandering means to separate the United States in to sections based on the population. Though I do not believe the term is fully understood by myself, it is clear that others are using to their advantage. I can see how drawing oneself in to a safe seat would offer some benefit. they would have a large section that was full of supporters that they could rely of for votes. It is more beneficial, however to have supporters in different sections to shift to overall voting process. That would give a group more control over the system. Shifting the opponents allies give them the power on only one section. This leave them at a disadvantage where they would have to build alliances with other sections.
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