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.. League of California Cities. What is Redistricting. definition . Redistricting. is the process of drawing district lines. It is done every 10 years after the release of the US Census. The well known examples are Congress and the legislature.. 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?. 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”. 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. The Problem and “Solutions”. Conventional wisdom is that partisan polarization in California is caused by:. “Gerrymandering” to create safe political districts. Primary elections controlled by partisan extremists. 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 . 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 . 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-. 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 .