Prepare to Vote: Auto Insurance and the Candidates for Michigan Governor [VIDEO, TRANSCRIPTS]

VIEW FULL DPTV PLAYLIST OF CANDIDATE RESPONSES ON AUTO INSURANCE  When WDET asked you what you wanted to know from...

Prepare to Vote: The Candidates for Governor and Where They Stand on Issues [VIDEO]

  How should education be funded? Should Enbridge Line 5 close or be replaced? Is there enough government transparency in...

Gerrymandering: Why It’s a Technology Issue [TRANSCRIPT]

Common Cause It doesn't matter which political party is in control of state legislatures across the country. If politicians are...

Michigan IS Gerrymandered, New Study Concludes

Michigan’s political district are gerrymandered, according to a new report from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan.  Click HERE to...

Ohio Offers Its Own Solution to Gerrymandering [MAPS + GRAPHS]

Michigan voters could decide whether to change the way the state’s political maps are drawn. A state elections board voted...

LIVE STREAM: Policy Meets the People – The Redistricting Issue Special [VIDEO]

Should Michigan redraw its voting districts? And what should the process be to do that? Can the state ever have...

Redistricting 101: Your District, Your Politicians, But Does Your Vote Matter?

An Introduction to Redistricting: Voters elect someone to represent them in Congress and the state Legislature.  That individual represents a...

Does Michigan Have a District that Looks Like Homer Simpson? You Be the Judge

Public Back in 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry approved a voting map that had one district carefully drawn to favor...

Who Should Draw Michigan’s Political Maps? Voters May Decide [PHOTOS + MAP]

A state elections board certified a petition to change the method of setting the boundaries for Michigan's congressional and state...

Become A Gerrymandering Expert Just By Listening [PODCASTS]

On a hot summer day, there are few things cooler than learning about gerrymandering. Don't know what we're talking about?...

Voters Not Politicians: The Cons [TRANSCRIPT]

Jamie Roe If this November's statewide ballot allows Michigan voters the choice to change the process of drawing the state's...

Policy Meets the People: Introducing the Issue of Gerrymandering

This week, WDET dives into the issue of redistricting in Michigan. Here’s an introduction to what you’ll find on air...