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Gerrymandering, the Irish Troubles, and Texas

Gerrymandering, the Irish Troubles, and Texas

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Jul 21, 2025
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Over the weekend, I watched a documentary on the Irish Troubles, which focused on its origins in Derry, Northern Ireland.

One of the largest accelerators of violence in 1960s Northern Ireland – the Irish Troubles – started when the Protestant minority in Derry used gerrymandering to lock out the city’s Catholic majority from political power. Being the ma…

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