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Re: A Centrist’s POV: Redistricting Round-up

HappySurge — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:45:17 -0000

Redistricting, isn't that a fancy word people use for disenfranchising voters?

Re: A Centrist’s POV: Redistricting Round-up

superdestroyer — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:56:15 -0000

There is nothing that can be done to make California districts competitive. I suspect the real reason for the plan is to eliminate the 1/3 of the districts that the Republicans control while doing an end run around term limits. Short of forcing middle class whites to move back to California, there is nothing that will make the district competitive. California will soon be as much a one party state as Mass. The real question is whether there is a way to structure districts to make them more competitive in primaries. I doudt that such a method exists. Once a Democrat candidate is elected in California my guess that the position is theirs until term limited out. Eliminating term limints will lower the number of competitive elections instead of increasing them.

Re: A Centrist’s POV: Redistricting Round-up

DLS — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:31:38 -0000

See Congressional district maps for yourselves (and "marvel" at them):

http://nationalatlas.gov/pr...

Re: A Centrist’s POV: Redistricting Round-up

DLS — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:27:53 -0000

It's easy and simple to redraw districts. Create them out of contiguous ZIP code areas or Census tracts. Apply other criteria as would be useful such as county boundaries or physical boundaries.

A way to avoid all this where there are states with five or more legislative seats at stake is to make the seats at-large and award them to parties using proportional representation.

Re: A Centrist’s POV: Redistricting Round-up

GeorgeSorwell — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:41:21 -0000

I think this is very encouraging--I'd love to see some follow-up!!