PPT-Gerrymandering

When Politicians Choose Voters Alex Tabarrok Gerrymandering The Supreme Court has said that Wesberry v Sanders 1964 that Congressional districts must be of approximately equalsized 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. TLW: Define gerrymandering and develop a “gerrymandered” map.. KEY VOCABULARY. Apportionment, Reapportionment, Census, Congressman at-large, Gerrymander, . Wesberry. v. Sanders (1964), Reapportionment Act of 1929. 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. Congresspersons and the Citizenry: . Older, because of constitutional age requirements and political experience is normally an advantage in running for national office. F. rom . the baby boomer generation. 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”. Legislative branch. As citizens of the United States we live in what is known as a representative democracy. . Congress . serves as a representation of the will of the people. . Congress . does this by transforming the will and the needs of the American public into law and policy.. 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. 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. Securing fair elections through nonpartisan redistricting. Roadmap. What is redistricting?. What is gerrymandering? . NCGA history. Why it matters. NCGA scorecard. What’s being done?. League position. 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 . 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.