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District lines for the House of Representatives are drawn by the authority?
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of the state governments
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A house district drawn to give an advantage to one political party is?
a gerrymander .
A House district drawn to give an advantage to one political party?
gerrymander
How are the number of representatives of house of representatives chosen?
Representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives are elected by the people of voting age in their districts. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. -Constitution of the United States of America
Who chooses members of the House of Representatives?
The members of the House of Representatives vote to select the Speaker.
By who are election districts for state legislatures and US House of Representatives determined by?
The election districts for each state legislature and the United States House of Representatives are determined by the state legislature in each individual state. The election districts are drawn every 10 years.
Who are Congressional district boundaries drawn by?
states!
How are the representatives in the house elected?
They are elected based upon the census counts of each state according to the reapportionment allotments every 10 years based on how the congressional districts are drawn.
District lines for the Texas legislature are drawn by the?
Texas Legislature
Where are rangoli patterns drawn?
Usually they are drawn outdoors, outside the house on the ground
What is a District drawn to the advantage of the political party in control of a state legislature?
It is gerrymandering.
What are the release dates for The House with the Drawn Shades - 1915?
The House with the Drawn Shades - 1915 was released on: USA: 16 September 1915
Why is gerrymander done?
Gerrymandering is done so that representatives can be guaranteed to be reelected. For example, a district is drawn so that it looks very unusual (example searching "Luis Gutierrez's 4th Congressional District" on Google Images), but the representatives know that the people in the district they have drawn all have similar views, views that can get said representative reelected because of the way they view their candidate.Gerrymandering is also done to change the final proportion of representatives one side to favour one party. It does this by "cracking and packing": "cracking" means cracking majority support for the other party, by removing your opponent's supporters and/or adding your own supporters. "Packing" means putting all of your opposition supporters into fewer districts, so that they are weaker elsewhere. As a result, a party can end up with more power than their popular vote, for example: receive 35% of the popular vote, but 60% of the seats.
