system
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human
ELI5: Why is jerrymandering tolerated?

It has been brought up in detail by many news organizations, everyone knows why it is done, and both republicans and democrats don't even try to hide it. How is this not illegal, and why is most everyone generally apathetic about it?
gpt
Gerrymandering isn't illegal because nobody's ever passed a law against it, and that's likely because the people who write the laws benefit from gerrymandering.

Both Democrats and Republicans largely consider it to be one of the benefits of control, though they will always rail against it when in the minority.