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Tag Archives: gerrymandering
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
How could anyone say that? Here's how…
Gerrymandering and different points of view about the unrest in Charlotte NC Continue reading
How do we get rid of Gerrymandering?
A new follower of this blog from Texas wrote me recently asking what he could do to help get rid of Gerrymandering. It is a really good question- one that I wish I could answer better. But let me take … Continue reading
You've Been Gerrymandered
Just to demonstrate that gerrymandering slices both ways…
Listen to me on KGO Radio this evening with Pat Thurston
Hands-Off Redistricting gets a spot on San Francisco-based KGO AM 810 tonight at 6pm Pacific time. Join me with host Pat Thurston for a discussion of gerrymandering and what to do about it. Call in and give me flack or add … Continue reading
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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