Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are battling to take over from Joe Biden as the next president, but the next congress will determine how much they can do with their powers. The thing is, most of the races for Congress are basically over before they begin.

Politicians in many states draw their own electoral boundaries, and there’s no rule preventing them from doing it. It’s part of the system and they’re not even really trying to hide it. Is gerrymandering rotting America’s faith in politics? And is it contributing to help hollow out the political centre and polarise congress?
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00:00 Florida
02:45 Trump's claims
03:15 Miami
03:49 Redistricting history
04:49 Packing and cracking
05:24 Doug Croley
06:10 Doug Johnston
07:49 Elbridge Gerry
08:30 Massachusetts 1812
09:46 Thomas Hofeller
11:45 Ron DeSantis and the Florida Maps
12:15 Kelly Skidmore
19:00 The Democrats and Illinois
20:15 How to fight gerrymandering?

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