What’s going on right now is toxic to America and American life. Gerrymandering allows extreme candidates from both parties to rise to the top. New York, Illinois, California and all the Democratic-run states are gerrymandering their districts to ensure local, state, and national control goes to their party. Hence, any Republican-run state that doesn’t gerrymander the heck out of the Democrats is doing a disservice to Americans. Why? Because a national force needs an opposing national force. They not only need to be gerrymandered at the national level, but right down to local levels.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.