Lecturer Walter Shapiro: “Democrats’ early panic over gerrymandering could prove costly in November”

Walter Shapiro
January 31, 2022

Lecturer in Political Science at Yale Walter Shapiro has an article on the RollCall.com Opinion pages entitled “Democrats’ early panic over gerrymandering could prove costly in November.

Abstract:

“Unless Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer suddenly emerge as the 21st-century heirs to escape artist Harry Houdini, Democrats’ legislative agenda will continue to remain underwater while chained upside down in a small box.

An eloquent Biden speech on voting rights is unlikely to persuade Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to abandon their stubborn infatuation with the Senate filibuster. Any burst of optimism about Manchin’s support for some new version of Biden’s Build Back Better agenda will inevitably be dashed by an updated pronouncement from the West Virginia blocking back.”