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Category Archives: Texas
Gerrymandering, Cities and Economic Growth
Brenton Mock has a must-read article in The Atlantic’s CityLab exploring how state-level gerrymandering consistently short-changes the priorities of people who live in cities. It is an important point, but while we worry about the unfairness of it all, we … Continue reading
Gerrymandering causes Global Warming
I could post a picture of Lamar Smith, the Republican chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, but suffice it to say he’s an old white guy with glasses. Since that also describes me, I prefer to believe … Continue reading
Posted in Politics of Redistricting, Texas
Tagged climate change, congressional district 21, gerrymander, global warming, lamar smith
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Samantha Bee discovers Gerrymandering in Austin, Texas
Love Samantha Bee! And wouldn’t want to contemplate life without The Daily Show. This isn’t one of her/their best (in general the Daily Show seems to be weakly pandering to Austin’s self-conscious hipster-ism) but it does bring out the absurdity … Continue reading
Posted in minority rights, Politics of Redistricting, Texas
Tagged Austin, Daily Show, LLoyd Doggett
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LLoyd Doggett and the Winnebago District
In a recent post I related the four primary tools in the gerrymanderer’s toolkit, as defined in an informative Propublica piece: Kidnapping, Cracking, Packing and Hijacking. Astonishingly, all four of these tactics have been employed against a single congressman, Lloyd … Continue reading
Posted in minority rights, Politics of Redistricting, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged Doggett, gerrymandering, Hands-Off Redistricting
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Is Gerrymandering getting worse?
As I was doing research for a future post, I came across this project website by Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, Lincoln Pitcher, and Kenneth C. Martis, researchers at UCLA, that is a great source for historical Congressional District boundaries. What … Continue reading
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Hands-Off Redistricting and Minority Voices
One of the most common responses I get to the idea of Hands-Off Redistricting is that – though people are uniformly disgusted with gerrymandering – they are concerned that automated approaches might lead to their own set of unintentional injustices. … Continue reading