Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180702:02:16:00
Constitution, every ten years we have to have a census. after that census, states are required to draw new congressional districts. some states gain population. some states lose population. if you gain a new congressional district, you have got to figure out how to draw the lines to accommodate that district. if you lose one or two as states often do, you have to draw the lines again. >> the state legislators draw the lines for congress. it takes a relatively obscure state office and makes it pretty important every ten years. to me, it represented an opportunity. so i approached the republican...