PPT-Incumbency, Reapportionment, & Redistricting

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 amp erasers. Marchant Legislative Attorney Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau December 2001 detailed outline I WARDS THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ELECTION DISTRICTS A Municipal and county redistricting Wards are created and finalized during the 180day period betwe The incumbency advantage arises in the model because on average incumbents have greater ability than challengers This is true for two reasons highability candidates are more likely to win election electoral selection and highquality incumbents deter Matthew Butler provided outstanding research assistance. I thank John DiNardo for numerous invaluable discussions, and Josh Angrist, Jeff Kling, Jack Porter, Larry Katz, Ted Miguel, and Ed Glaeser for 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. and the role of the . governor General:. ASSESSING . SCHOLARLY OPINION . Johannes Wheeldon, Norwich University. Overview. The . Governor General’s . role in commissioning a Prime Minister . is often said to be . 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?. 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. Democracy is not a spectator sport. ---. Carrie Chapman Catt. The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.. ---. The incumbency effect is when the voters prefer the incumbent because he has experience in the job and knows what he is doing better than how the other understands.. Speaker of the House. The . SotH. 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. 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. Presentation on Redistricting. Paul A. Beck, The Ohio State University. July 10, 2013. 1. Introduction. Design of legislative districts has been contentious issue since beginnings of democratic politics, as partisans vie for extra advantage thru gerrymandering (see slide #3 for original Gerry-. DEVELOPMENT RELEASE TIMELINE Were modernizingourapproach to confidentialityprotectionfor the 2020 Census in the face of new digital-age threatsA powerful new disclosure avoidance system DAS designed