57% of Republicans Support Independent Redistricting Commissions

This article in Campaign Legal is by Corey Goldstone:

A new poll commissioned by the right-leaning R Street Institute found that 57% of Republican voters support independent redistricting commissions (IRC).

With a strong majority of polled Republican voters supporting IRCs, this new finding reinforces the fact that public opposition to politician control over the redistricting process is bipartisan. In fact, only 31% of Americans surveyed in the R Street poll approve of the way their state draws congressional and legislative boundaries.

This is no surprise, since most voters live in a state where politicians have designed the redistricting process specifically to protect incumbents, shielding politicians from transparency and real accountability to the voters.

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