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Cracked Communities: The Human Faces Behind Fractured Districts

Cracked Communities: The Human Faces Behind Fractured Districts

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 Moving beyond statistics and algorithms, this episode examines the profound human cost of gerrymandering through the stories of communities torn apart by partisan redistricting. Alexandra explores how Austin, Texas was carved into six different congressional districts, how North Carolina's cities were surgically divided to dilute representation, and how rural communities find themselves attached to urban districts with completely different priorities. The episode reveals how gerrymandering doesn't just manipulate votes—it fragments neighborhoods, undermines local advocacy, and destroys the social cohesion that democracy requires, turning coherent communities into collections of data points to be moved around a political chessboard.

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