What's gerrymandering–and why does it matter right now?

Let's talk about a word we've been hearing a lot lately. Maybe it's one you've heard for a while and you've just never been quite sure what it actually means. We're talking about gerrymandering.You've been hearing about it a lot in Texas because Texas Democrats actually just fled the state to try to stop Republicans from doing it there. What we're talking about when we say gerrymandering is just the redrawing of electoral lines to benefit one party or another. What we're talking about in Texas is one kind o ...