The stakes for this year’s midterms could hardly be higher. And yet, the results almost certainly won’t come close to accurately reflecting the will of voters.

According to most analyses, Democrats will need to win the nationwide congressional vote by a substantial margin just to win a bare majority of House seats. That’s in large part because of extreme Republican gerrymanders in several big states. The Brennan Center’s interactive map, created with our partners at Development Seed, shows the effect of those gerrymanders on election results.

Fortunately, there’s a solution: reforming the redistricting process to strengthen rules on fairness, or even taking map-drawing out of the hands of partisan lawmakers altogether. In fact, initiatives to do just that are on the ballot in several states this fall. By using fair maps, we can ensure that election results reflect what voters actually want.