“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver points out how nuts it is that, rather than being a representative democracy, the U.S. is a nation in which politicians have more sway than voters. A huge part of the problem can be traced to a five-syllable word: gerrymandering. Watch as Oliver in the clip below explains some of the intricacies of drawing districts.

— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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