Each American state is split into voting districts for elections. When the majority of the population of a district sides with a candidate and their respective party, the party then wins the popular vote for that district, thereby giving that party more seats in the statehouse of that state, and also more representation in US Congress. But it's easy to see how political interest can motivate politicians and political parties to draw the maps of these districts in a manner that favours their party.
The majority of the population of a major city can side with one party (The Gilligans Island revival party), but the map can be drawn in a manner that splits that major city into several smaller sections and each section can be put in with a larger, but less populated area that sides with an opposing party (The O so crazy about Harry Styles party), thereby drastically decreasing the majority for the Gilligan gang.
Michigan has totally stripped lawmakers from the process of the voter district mapping and instead used a non-partisan independent panel to draw up the map, and they claim it has promoted competitive districts and dissuade partisan politics and banter. This non-partisan method was put up as a ballot question and the people of Michigan have approved it. It could easily be challenged in the supreme court, but I find it hard to come up with a good reason as to why politicians with obvious political motivations should be allowed to oversee and draw up the maps themselves.
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