. everyone's because what i didn't say, what i should have said earlier, is that republicans, deborah amanda, and democratic stir. rhonda some parties though, back to rotate than others payment on to the question. we have had gerrymandering in this country as long as we've had politicians. mosquito, you can trace it back to, you know, patrick henry trying to cherry manage games. madison out of our very 1st congress. it gets its name from eldridge gary who was the governor of massachusetts back in 1812. his party tries to draw the state senate seats around boston in such a way that a political cartoonist bought. they looked like a salamander, and the jerry mender was born in port eldridge goes down in infamy. what i would say is that in many ways, from patrick henry's time, all the way up until 2000. in many ways, what you had was the minor leagues of gerrymandering. you had politicians who were trying to draw lines that kept themselves in their pals in in power. walter often calls this a buddy mander, which is a term i love, and i'm thrilled that i was able to sneak and 1st ahead of him. but