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How do state legislatures abuse their redistricting power?
how do state legislatures abuse their redistricting power
Redistricting to achieve political goals is called?
gerrymandering
What term refers to the redistricting of a state?
The term gerrymandering is often used when referring to the redistricting of a state. The word was first used in connection with Elbridge Gerry, who served as Governor of Massachusetts.
When does the US Supreme Court consider any form of gerrymandering unconstitutional?
There is a difference between redistricting and gerrymandering. Redistricting to keep voting fair and equitable is legal (although it may be challenged in court). Gerrymandering is drawing the voting districts in some way that increases or decreases the elective power of the votes cast in those districts. Gerrymandering was one way that the Northern Ireland Protestant Unionists kept power in the province when there were as many or more Roman Catholics in a given area. Gerrymandering is always unconstitutional since the Constitution guarantees equal rights to all.
Who undertakes redistricting and gerrymandering within a state?
Redistricting is always controlled by the state legislature following the census. It is approved by the governor and/or by the redistricting commissions in states such as Arizona and Iowa.
Redistricting power was abused by creating congressional districts of unequal power and by?
gerrymandering
What is it called to redraw the boundaries of legislative districts?
The process of redrawing legislative districts is redistricting. The process of deliberately redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts to effect outcome is referred to as gerrymandering.
How often do apportionment and redistricting affect elections?
depending on the gerrymandering the outcome can be greatly affected
What is the process of redistricting to benefit one political interest at the expense of another is called?
It is called gerrymandering.
What has the author Leroy Clyde Hardy written?
Leroy Clyde Hardy has written: 'Redistricting reform' -- subject(s): Election districts, Gerrymandering
What are the 2 different types of gerrymandering?
splintering: redistricting in which a strong minority is divided up and diluted to prevent it from electing a representative. packing: redistricting in which partisan voters are concentrated in a single district, wasting their majority vote and allowing the opposition to win by modest majorities in districts. (Their vote only counts for one district, rather than a possible several) GERRYMANDERING IS ILLEGAL!
How are the numbers of the house representatives determinded?
gerrymandering; a form of boundry delimination (redistricting) in which electoral districts or constituency boundries are deliberately modified for electoral purposes......
