-Lower house of the US congress

-Elections held every 2 years

-435 total seats

-District lines are typically drawn by state government: political actors

-Lower house of the US congress -Elections held ________

Geography Final Exam part 2 ( Electoral Geographies in the US: Gerrymandering)

-Every 10 years

-Counts the population

-Shows increases and decreases in population

-Every 10 years, every state updates its district lines to adjust for changes in state and local populations

-If a state grows quickly, they will gain seats

-If a state shrinks or grows too slow, they will lose seats

-Change lines withing states to reflect changes over the previous 10 years

-Follows the principle

-Districts within a state must have approximately equal populations

-Established over several US supreme court cases

What is &quot;one person, one vote&quot;?

-Redistricting generally conducted by state officials

-Governors and State legislatures

-Nonpartisan boards

-Can draw the lines to benefit one party or the other

-If the democrats control the state government, they can draw the lines to unfairly benefit their party in congressional elections

-Gutted the part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that required certain state and local governments to get &quot;preclearance&quot; from the federal government before changing laws and practices surrounding voting

-Partisan Gerrymandering vs. Racial Gerrymandering

-1812 Political cartoon by Elkanah Tisdale

-Criticized Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry&#039;s efforts to draw district boundaries in a way that would benefit his party, the Democratic-Republicans

-Packing as many &quot;against you&quot; voters in as few districts as possible

- i.e.Pennsylvania

-18 districts total

-Make 5 districts that vote for the other guys worth 80-90% of the vote; &quot;wasting&quot; their votes

-Leaves the other 13 districts slightly for your party

-50-55% of the vote

-Gives &quot;the other team&quot; a few districts where they will win in extremely lopsided votes

-This means that a large amount og votes in these districts are &quot;wasted&quot;: Remember, getting 51% of the vote vs. 85% of the vote makes no difference

What does packing give &quot;the other team&quot;?

-Spread out the other party&#039;s voters between many different districts

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Geography Final Exam part 2 ( Electoral Geographies in the US: Gerrymandering) Flashcards

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