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In the past, Republicans have been able to secure what some see as an unfair political advantage by gerrymandering political districts.
But after the recent redrawing of zones, the congressional map across the U.S. is perhaps more evenly split than at any time in the past 50 years.
What happened?
On today’s episode
Nate Cohn, a domestic correspondent for The Upshot at The New York Times.
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The surprisingly fair congressional map defies the expectations of many analysts — and it is something of an accident.
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Nate Cohn contributed reporting.
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