Gerrymandering undermines democracy by allowing politicians to choose their voters, instead of the other way around, infers Matt Ford of the New Republic. This practice is getting abused more and more often, which must cease indefinitely. In particular, Republican gerrymandering in 2010 boosted their state assembly seats in 2012 elections. In Pennsylvania, even though 51% votes were blue, Democrats only got 23% of seats. By one estimate, in order to win back the House of Representatives, Democrats would need to win by 11 percentage points, which has few historic presidents. Gerrymandering is a huge issue.