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Should it be legal to have a congressional district only one party can win?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gerrymander-court-20160815-snap-story.html
North Carolina may be a swing state in presidential politics, with polls showing Hillary Clinton now leading Donald Trump.
But there’s no question who will win most of the state’s 13 House congressional districts in November.
“It’s virtually certain that Republicans will hold their 10-to-3 advantage, regardless of what happens in the presidential race,” said David Wasserman, an analyst with Cook Political Report. “The districts are simply far too polarized.”
That electoral lock may prompt the Supreme Court to take a new look at the old question of whether extreme partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional, denying voters an equal chance to have their voices heard.
Lawyers for North Carolina and Wisconsin are challenging GOP-drawn electoral maps that ensure Republicans win a majority of seats in Congress or the state house, even when a majority of voters statewide lean in favor of Democrats.
Gerrymandering has always been a problem, but the severity of the problem these days is way overboard. It's time for us to move to unbiased commissions or fair, computer generated maps.
Using your elected advantage to give yourself an district advantage is one thing, being 10-3 in a fairly even state is another.
Should it be legal to have a congressional district only one party can win?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gerrymander-court-20160815-snap-story.html
North Carolina may be a swing state in presidential politics, with polls showing Hillary Clinton now leading Donald Trump.
But there’s no question who will win most of the state’s 13 House congressional districts in November.
“It’s virtually certain that Republicans will hold their 10-to-3 advantage, regardless of what happens in the presidential race,” said David Wasserman, an analyst with Cook Political Report. “The districts are simply far too polarized.”
That electoral lock may prompt the Supreme Court to take a new look at the old question of whether extreme partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional, denying voters an equal chance to have their voices heard.
Lawyers for North Carolina and Wisconsin are challenging GOP-drawn electoral maps that ensure Republicans win a majority of seats in Congress or the state house, even when a majority of voters statewide lean in favor of Democrats.
Gerrymandering has always been a problem, but the severity of the problem these days is way overboard. It's time for us to move to unbiased commissions or fair, computer generated maps.
Using your elected advantage to give yourself an district advantage is one thing, being 10-3 in a fairly even state is another.