Gerrymandering Explained Using Cute Animals
The redrawing district lines to favor a certain political party is called gerrymandering. But how does this process actually work?
If you want to see how it works in real life take a look at the case of popular Cleveland Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, who fell victim to right-wing gerrymandering.
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If you want to see how it works in real life take a look at the case of popular Cleveland Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, who fell victim to right-wing gerrymandering.
Via Holy Kaw!
Just in case it's not clear: gerrymandering is a thoroughly bipartisan activity.
ReplyDeleteSince the 1960s Canada has one of the most non-partisan systems of establishing electoral boundaries in the world. Electoral commissions are independent of government. Two years ago I participated in a redistribution of a riding's boundaries. A model was presented for a huge shift that would have led to an electoral advantage for the governing party. We took the position that the existing boundaries made sense geographically and the Boundaries Commission agreed.
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