PPT-Redistricting, Reapportionment & Gerrymandering

Congressional Elections Congressional elections are different than presidential elections There is no electoral college or majority needed The candidate that receives THE MOST votes not necessarily a majority is the winner. Boston University School of Law, J.D. Candidate 2015; Brown University, B.A., 2009. I thank Professor Hugh Baxter for his insightful comments and his infinite patience, Boston University Law Review st When Politicians Choose Voters. Alex Tabarrok. Gerrymandering. The Supreme . Court has said that (. Wesberry. v. Sanders 1964) that Congressional . districts . must be of approximately equal-sized populations.. Congressional Elections. Congressional elections are different than presidential elections. There is no electoral college or majority needed. The candidate that receives THE MOST votes (not necessarily a majority) is the winner. Unit 4: Institutions. I. Scope . of incumbency . advantage (What kind of advantages do incumbents have?) . 12 Terms-24 years. HOR. 10 Terms-21 Years. HOR. Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA). 47 Years in Senate. Information from pp. 234-236, CT exercises and cases. Assessment. Complete FRQ.. Answer each of the following on the BACK of your FRQ response:. To the nearest tenth of a percentage, what answer did you get for #1a?. Manipulation of District Lines (for House seats) for political purposes. Mr. Gerry of Gerrymandering. Apportionment. •. Occurs every 10 years, after the Census. •. Constitution:. ▫Seats “be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers”. Unit 4: Institutions. What You Are Doing Today. Before we get into the REAL technical aspect of these concepts…. You will do a hands on case study to better understand by actually doing…. You are going to reapportion and redistrict the great state of Morgana using beans, butcher paper, pencils & erasers. Devolutionary Forces. Scott Dobler, WKU. Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities, 12. th. Edition. . ISBN: 978-0-07-802146-6. Chapter 12: The Political Ordering of Space. Chapter Layout. Gerrymandering: The . practice of redrawing voting districts to favor one’s chances of being re-elected. . Challenge. How do we ensure the process for redistricting is fair?. How do we gain bi-partisan support in the current political environment? . and Gerrymandering. American Citizenship. Historical Overview. Constitution – Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. Alex Tabarrok. Gerrymandering. The Supreme Court has said that (. Wesberry. v. Sanders 1964) that Congressional . districts . must be of approximately equal-sized populations.. …"as . nearly as practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as . Gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is the process of shaping electoral districts so that one side would have favor over another. This results in the district having a distinct shape, in this case referred to as a . Census As A Tool For Change. Charles Hirschman, scholar of the concept of race, studied drastic and seemingly random changes to the population of Malaysia over.. By looking at the census he saw that as time passed the colonial census became predominantly racial and less concerned with indigenous religion. Serves as the official repository for Voting Precincts. Serves as an official liaison to the Census Bureau. We receive data from the Census Bureau and distribute it. What is Redistricting?. Redistricting is the .