How does gerrymandering complicate american elections

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In Reynolds v. Sims, the Supreme Court wrote that "Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by people, not farms or cities or economic interests." Why is this important for the American electoral process? How does gerrymandering complicate American elections? Is gerrymandering a problem we should be concerned with?

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