WFYI: What does good redistricting look like? Political scientist explains fair maps

With redistricting drawing renewed attention nationwide, University of Indianapolis Associate Professor of Political Science Laura Merrifield Wilson offered her expert perspective in a story on fair maps for Indiana Public Broadcasting. Wilson explained that fair electoral maps reflect coherent communities of interest, avoid unnatural “snake-like” districts and support competitive election outcomes. Her insight underscores how communities and voters’ voices diminish when districts are drawn as hodge-podge combinations of disparate groups rather than meaningful shared identities.