Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Gerrymandering

"One important consideration in determining electoral districts for the house, is what has come to be know as "gerrymandering." State legislatures in each state are tasked with re-drawing the electoral districts in accordance with population fluctuations in the state. Predictably, this has a partisan bias, meaning simply, that whatever party has a majority in the state will seek to draw the boundaries in the district to benefit their party and disadvantage the other party"

Gerry mandering is a really incredible thing. This term that congee use to vote what party has the right to pass their laws is quite unfair. How do they know that the population is a republican/democrat(not that they care) or how do they know that their law is better than the others party. I believe that this type of term is actually hurting a state because if you think about it how long would it be for the other party to persuade/pass their laws. According to Christopher Ingraham  Americas most gerrymandered congressional districts " According to an analysis i did last year, the democrats are under represented by about 18 seats in the house, relative to their vote share in the 2012  election. The way republicans pulled that off was to draw some really,rely funky-looking congressional districts. This makes you think about how "fair" this gerrymandering really is. Which brings me back to my question when do they change "sides" in a state?

Thankfully new york hasn't fallen into this. If it did it would cause many trouble in the state.

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