Gerrymandering court cases could reshape midterm elections

Gerrymandering is when a voting district’s boundaries are manipulated to favor a particular political party. In some important swing states, gerrymandering has been so egregious that courts have demanded lawmakers re-draw the districts more fairly. But some of these cases have been appealed to the Supreme Court, which has blocked the lower courts’ orders. That’s happened in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Texas.