3. Who benefits under California's current system for drawing districts?

Rose Institute:

California's 2001 gerrymander used advanced computer technology and an extensive political and ethnic database (built with state taxpayer dollars) to create an incumbent-protection gerrymander of unprecedented precision. The combination of advanced technology and comprehensive data, along with the narrowed scope of the Voting Rights Act resulting from the Supreme Court's Shaw decisions of the 1990s, worked to the advantage of the incumbents and party leaders in power in 2001.

Pro / Con:

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