The Donald Trump-inspired “gerrymandering wars” spreading across the country portend chaos for the most fundamental pillar of our political system — representative democracy. Congress must put its own House in order, and it can do so, in a clear, workable fashion.

From the sidelines, gerrymandering appears a rather harmless game, one party picking its voters by drawing absurd-looking districts to gain advantage over the other party. Nothing new here.

In fact, extreme gerrymandering corrupts our democracy by, in sum, denying most registered voters a role in elections, eliminating competition, polarizing elections and, when election winners reach office, turning a blind eye to most voter concerns.

The basic reason for these pernicious consequences is that gerrymandering shifts voter decis

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