Bloomberg Businessweek featured Leadership Now Project’s work—particularly the lawsuit filed by Law Forward on behalf of the Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy ("WBLD”)—to secure more competitive congressional maps in Wisconsin. The article makes the business case against gerrymandering, framing it as anticompetitive and showing how weakened elections mirror the harms of monopolies in business.
Key Takeaways:
A centrist group of executives and business owners, the Leadership Now Project, is cautioning against gerrymandering, arguing it's anticompetitive and bad for government.
The group's members, including Bryan Sanchez and John Florsheim, say gerrymandering leads to a slothful, indifferent Congress whose members don't need to listen to the people who elected them.
The Leadership Now Project advocates for election fairness and stable democracy, which its members believe is good for business and allows companies to prosper, according to John Florsheim, president and chief operating officer of Weyco Group Inc.
