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Alex Tabarrok Gerrymandering The Supreme Court has said that Wesberry v Sanders 1964 that Congressional districts must be of approximately equalsized populations as nearly as practicable one mans vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as . johnmack@udel.edu The purposes of gerrymandering are to maximize the number of legislative seats that can be won by the political party in charge of redrawing the district boundaries, and to create Choose Choose Choose Choose Choose Choose Choose Home Cell WokAddress*___________________________________ Other phone_________________________ Home Cell WokCity/state/zip*_______________________ 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.. Will Jennings & Gerry Stoker . University of Southampton. @. ProfStoker. @. drjennings. Defining Anti-Politics . Shorthand phrase for “popular disillusionment with mainstream politics and politicians”.. Gerry Stoker. @. ProfStoker. g.stoker@soton.ac.uk. . 1. Exploring thinking . Learning from others: Kahneman. The complexity of thinking: automatic through intentional spectrum . Information, evidence and computation through to beliefs and heuristics, to affective influences ( mood, emotions) . Lisa . García. Bedolla, . University of California, Berkeley. California’s Likely Voters vs. . Population, 2011. SOURCE: Likely voters – 2011 PPIC Statewide Survey; Population – 2010 Census. California’s Infrequent Voters vs. Population, 2011. 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. Among . Undecided . Voters w. hich of the following types of political advertising . is most likely to get your . attention. ?. Source: VAB / Research Now Poll of Registered or Likely Voters Adults 18+; April 2016; % Composition among undecided voters. 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. VOTER TURNOUT PRIMARY ELECTION 2012 - BY AGE GROUP. BUTTE COUNTY. BUTTE COUNTY VOTER TURNOUT GENERAL ELECTION 2012. 62.8%. 46.7%. 37.2%. 77.3%. 22.7%. 53.4%. 46.7%. 53.2%. 37.0%. 63.0%. Registered. Voters . 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. income, female. RAE Voters accounted for - . 81% . of . population growth . in the US . between . 2000 and . 2010 and…. 95% percent(!) . between 2008 and 2010. .. Now represent . over half of eligible voters. NOTE. : . Top 5 responses . shown. . SOURCE. : . KFF . Analysis of AP . VoteCast. , a survey of . California . Democratic Primary . Voters conducted . by NORC at the University of . Chicago.. Percent who say each of the following is the most important issue facing the country: .