executive director jeff timmer has rethought his own role in the process.he's become a fierce critic of former president trump, and the direction of the current republican party, serving as a senior advisor to the lincoln project. >> gerrymandering alone doesn't explain the rise of extremism in our politics, but it certainly is a contributing factor. and when you have a greater number of districts, where republicans or democrats only have to answer to primary electorate voters and not have to moderate their positions in order to attract a majority in november, you get extreme polarized politics. >> reporter: but timmer believes that no matter how hard the commission tries to be neutral, there's no way to take politics out of a political process like redistricting. >> i think what they're going to produce will certainly not advantage the republican party in michigan the way the maps have for the last 20 years. but this attempt to de- politicize redistricting, i don't think will actually do that. it will just be politics of a different kind. >> so, now, let's