Why or why not? Please answer the following questions IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. This is true regardless of whether it is Democrats or Republicans drawing the maps. For example, did you find it easy or difficult? An error occurred trying to load this video. A court could take a neutral approach, or act politically if the justices are so inclined (for instance, Democrats have a majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but conservatives have a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court). And the state legislatures for 10 years, even though we've had wave elections for both parties, have stuck. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Did you employ any of the strategies you learned about? What are cracking and packing? Republicans had a brilliant political strategy in 2010 called Project Red Map, where they tried to figure out what were the key congressional races or state House and state Senate races or governorships if they won in 2010 would make sure that the people drawing the lines and getting to make those decisions on what are these maps going to look like for the next 10 years would be Republicans. Gerrymandering is so effective because the US uses single-member districts where there can only be one winner. A basic objection to gerrymandering of any kind is that it tends to violate two tenets of electoral apportionmentcompactness and equality of size of constituencies. For example, in 2018, Democrats in Wisconsin won every statewide office and a majority of the statewide vote, but thanks to gerrymandering, won only 36 of the 99 seats in the state assembly. and more. If they want to go for their gut, they should vote according to their judgment. Why or why not? By now, you're no doubt painfully aware of how slow the process of counting votes was in some states after last Tuesday's election, even votes that had been sent in weeks before. Its possible no agreement will be reached, and the courts will have to step in. Redrawing congressional districts to place two incumbents of the same party in the same district thereby forcing them to run against each other in a primary. It could be five Democratic seats. Democrats dont like the fact that Republicans took over a lot of state legislatures, and what weve seen with Democrats across the country is to look for bogeymen under every rock they can to explain their electoral failures. Targeting the political power of communities of color is also often a key element of partisan gerrymandering. Republicans big opportunities (TX, FL, GA, NC): The GOP has full control of redistricting in four large, somewhat competitive states that will comprise 94 congressional seats Texas, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina (a state where the governor, a Democrat, has no role in the process).
