Independent. Close. ... That being said gerrymandering is generally used as a way to artificially concentrate votes to gain and maintain a position of power. Texas' 2nd Congressional District. All demographic data is from the 2010 census. 128 comments.
You may recall that after the 2000 Census, 52 Texas Democrats fled the state to prevent a quorum on new Congressional district maps masterminded by then-Rep. Tom DeLay. An interactive web tool that provides access to selected statistics about your Congressional district. Democrat. Overall State Rankings. In addition to calculating scores for each congressional district, I also calculated, for each state, the average gerrymandering score across districts.
Six of the seven alternative congressional district maps were drawn using Dave’s Redistricting App, a free online tool for experimenting with political boundaries.Its creator, Dave Bradlee, modified the app to make this project possible.
Fierman: The 2nd District, held since the start of the year by Dan Crenshaw, is the result of extreme Republican gerrymandering in Texas. Democrat/Republican.
Posted by 1 month ago. Texas' Big, Bad Week for Voter Suppression and Gerrymandering Within two days, courts reject second election map, voter ID bill By Richard Whittaker, 1:05PM, Fri. Aug. 25, 2017 Make districts compact while following county bordersThe expected number of seats controlled by Democrats and Republicans, based on their long-term likelihood of winning each districtPromote highly competitive electionsGerrymander districts to favor DemocratsEvery district by the chance it will be represented by either partyMake district shapes compact (using an algorithm)The racial or ethnic makeup of each district and each district’s likelihood of being represented by a member of a racial or ethnic minority, based on election results since 2006Match partisan breakdown of seats to electorateChance of being represented by either partyGerrymander districts to favor RepublicansMaximize number of majority-minority districtsPUBLISHED Jan. 25, 2018 at 6:00 AMShow current district boundaries See also: Texas' 11th Congressional District elections, 2012. Make districts compact while following county bordersThe expected number of seats controlled by Democrats and Republicans, based on their long-term likelihood of winning each districtPromote highly competitive electionsGerrymander districts to favor DemocratsEvery district by the chance it will be represented by either partyMake district shapes compact (using an algorithm)The racial or ethnic makeup of each district and each district’s likelihood of being represented by a member of a racial or ethnic minority, based on election results since 2006Match partisan breakdown of seats to electorateChance of being represented by either partyGerrymander districts to favor RepublicansMaximize number of majority-minority districtsPUBLISHED Jan. 25, 2018 at 6:00 AMShow current district boundaries 96% Upvoted. Redistricting is the process by which new congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn. Republican. Gerrymandering certainly isn’t new. History scholars say Patrick Henry was the first to employ the practice, ... North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District is one such example. If the district were less oddly shaped and contorted it would actually be quite difficult for a Republican to win in this area. He defeated Jim Riley (D) and Scott Ballard (L) in …
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