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Category Archives: Politics of Redistricting
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
Barack Obama and Eric Holder take on Gerrymandering
One of the intriguing sub-themes to emerge from the 2016 elections is the news, first reported by Politico, that President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder intend to focus their future political efforts on a broad-based Democratic Party program … Continue reading
How could anyone say that? Here's how…
Gerrymandering and different points of view about the unrest in Charlotte NC 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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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
Gerrymandering results in dismal turnouts – Richmond Times-Dispatch
Very persuasive Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial with examples from Virginia’s experience that gerrymandering leads to a vicious cycle of low voter turnout and congressional races that are uncontested even at the party level. This is a good, quick read… Gerrymandering results … Continue reading
Posted in minority rights, Politics of Redistricting, Virginia
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Can single-member districts ever be truly fair?
Recently I’ve been challenged in a very forceful but thoughtful way by a WordPress user who uses the handle realrepresentation. This reader advocates Proportional Representation as the system the United States should use to select its delegates to the House of Representatives. I lived in Germany … Continue reading
You've Been Gerrymandered
Just to demonstrate that gerrymandering slices both ways…
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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Everyone's concerned, but "Hands-Off" is not in the discussion
Is the public at large knowledgeable of and concerned about Gerrymandering? A quick scan of polling in the past year would indicate there is both broad understanding and broad concern about what it is doing to our country, and that … Continue reading
Posted in california, north carolina, OPRA, Politics of Redistricting
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