After Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden, the United States experienced an unprecedented rejection of a presidential election’s legitimacy. Although these tensions culminated in the January 6th attack on the Capitol building, the “Big Lie” has remained influential among much of the Republican party’s base. To most casual observers of TV news, American democracy is […]
Gerrymandering
Power to the People: Can Michigan Crack the Redistricting Code?
On November 8, 2016, Michigan voters lined up to cast their ballots. They lined up from Detroit to Kalamazoo and from Marquette to Adrian—the last chapter in a spectacle of a presidential campaign that had seized the nation’s attention. Some watched in horror as the numbers started to come in, others with cautious optimism. When […]