Ohio Republicans push for more extreme gerrymandering - Does it risk their political necks?

Ohio’s Republican lawmakers are about to return from vacation with gerrymandering on their minds , ready to further entrench their power through congressional redistricting. But as discussed Friday on Today in Ohio, the power play might backfire spectacularly if economic conditions continue to deteriorate under the Trump administration.

Podcast hosts said Ohio’s redistricting process has become a thinly-veiled charade. While the state Constitution requires public input on congressional maps, history suggests these submissions will be largely ignored.

“The Constitution requires that any maps submitted, including from the public, have to be compact, equal in population, more or less contiguous, and doesn’t split up counties too much,” explained Lisa Garvin on the podcast. Yet despite t