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Redistricting

Redistricting . How Do We Determine Who We Are Voting For?. It Really is a Puzzle. Guidelines for Districts. What guidance does the Constitution give? General Ticket System Single Member District At-Large. 1842. Removal of General Election System State Legislatures

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Redistricting

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  1. Redistricting How Do We Determine Who We Are Voting For?

  2. It Really is a Puzzle

  3. Guidelines for Districts • What guidance does the Constitution give? • General Ticket System • Single Member District • At-Large

  4. 1842 • Removal of General Election System • State Legislatures • Continuous Territory

  5. 1872 • Population

  6. US States Based Correlated with Country Population

  7. 1901 • Compact Territory

  8. 7th Congressional District Becomes the 10th Congressional District

  9. Gerrymandering

  10. Definition • Drawing district boundaries to the advantage of one group over another.

  11. Why Gerrymander? • Concentrate opposition in as few districts as possible. • Spread out the opposition and mix them with your majority.

  12. Baker v Carr (1962) Tennessee Population

  13. Baker v Carr (1962) • Congressional districts hadn’t been changed since 1901.

  14. Wesberry v Sanders (1964) • Rural v Urban Representation • Article I, Section 2 • Apportioned by respective numbers • One Man, One Vote

  15. Political Commentary

  16. Ohio Redistricting • Apportionment Board • Governor • Secretary of State • State Auditor • One representative of the Speaker of the House • One member of the opposite party

  17. Ohio’s 2010 Apportionment Board

  18. Shifting Population

  19. 1990 Census Congressional Districts

  20. 2000 Census Congressional Districts

  21. Comparing 1990 and 2000

  22. 2010 Census Districts/ Election 2012

  23. 2000 Census Congressional Districts

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