Solution to Gerrymandering: There have been a few attempts and proposals intending to fix the partisan gerrymandering issue. One of the implemented methods to reduce gerrymandering is by appointing an independent commission that conducts the redrawing of districts (Gerken). Some of these commissions are nonpartisan and others are bipartisan. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, there are twenty-one states that have established these commissions to draw the electoral districts (2015). One state, Iowa, has its very own system for redistricting. Iowa uses a nonpartisan legislative staff to draw the districts; they do not have any electoral or political data (2015). The Iowa legislature can reject or accept the districting plan (2015). Many of the commissions attempt to create competitive districts, where it is possible to have either a Republican or a Democrat elected.
Currently, the Wisconsin court case is relying on the efficiency gap standard that was devised by McGhee. This standard is an alternative to independent commissions. These two alternatives may be the national solution to partisan gerrymandering. Determining which standard is the most effective may prove to be difficult. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the efficiency gap standard, the best way that the standard should be implemented is not by using one of
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The greatest reform of democracy came from the people pushing the boundaries of what a democracy should be—the Progressive Movement. If there is to be hope of abolishing partisan gerrymandering and bringing true voting equality, or at least moving toward equality, for the first time in U.S. history, it is going to require another social movement, similar to the Progressive