Editing ZIP Code (section)

=== Legislative districts ===
ZIP Codes may not currently be used to identify existing legislative districts. Although the website of the [[United States House of Representatives]] has a "Find Your Representative" feature that looks up congressional districts based on ZIP Codes alone, it often returns multiple districts corresponding to a single ZIP Code.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.house.gov/|title = The United States House of Representatives · House.gov|access-date = January 26, 2010|archive-date = September 24, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100924145826/http://baic.house.gov/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/|title = Find Your Representative · House.gov|access-date = July 8, 2014|archive-date = July 8, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140708212246/http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/|url-status = live}}</ref> This is because different parts of one ZIP Code can be in different districts.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/01/19/dont-use-zipcodes/|title = Sunlight Foundation|date = Jan 19, 2012|access-date = Aug 6, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140813005420/http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/01/19/dont-use-zipcodes/|archive-date = August 13, 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> One proposal to eliminate the possibility of extreme partisan [[gerrymandering]] calls on using ZIP Codes as the basic units for redistricting.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Steelman |first1=Tyler |last2=Curiel |first2=John |title=Here's one way to end partisan gerrymandering: Don't break up Zip codes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/10/22/heres-one-way-to-end-partisan-gerrymandering-dont-break-up-zip-codes/ |website=Monkey Cage blog |publisher=Washington Post |access-date=4 November 2018 |date=October 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012125/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/10/22/heres-one-way-to-end-partisan-gerrymandering-dont-break-up-zip-codes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>