California’s Political Earthquake: Is Redistricting Reform About to End?
California’s Political Earthquake: Is Redistricting Reform About to End?  
Podcast: The Smerconish Podcast
Published On: Fri Aug 22 2025
Description: Gerrymandering is bad. But self-sorting? It might be the silent force doing even more damage to American democracy. In today’s episode, Michael Smerconish dives into California’s surprising move to potentially dismantle its independent redistricting commission—a system once hailed as the national model for fairness and transparency. Why now? What’s driving this shift? Should California abandon its independent redistricting commission? Vote Now at Smerconish.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.