“Did Gerrymandering Cost Dems the House? A 33-State Look at Alternative Nonpartisan Maps Suggests Yes”
Stephen Wolf posts an interesting diary entry at Daily Kos.
Category Archives: redistricting
“The Republican Advantage: The decline of swing districts and the rise of partisanship spells trouble for House Democrats.”
Charlie Cook:
By now, the trend lines are clear. In 1998, we found 164 swing seats—districts within 5 points of the national partisan average, with scores between R+5 and D+5 (a score of R+5 means the district’s vote for… Continue reading
“Lawmakers: Tackle Redistricting or Wait for Courts?”
Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune:
Greg Abbott is selling a redistricting nostrum, telling Texas legislators they could cut their legal risks by adopting new political maps right away.
It is a hard sell. Lawmakers are getting along so well… Continue reading
“Judge rules against complaint about Pennsylvania redistricting plan”
News from Pa: “A federal district court judge denied a Latino group’s request for injunctive relief and dismissed its complaint regarding the legislative reapportionment plan in Pennsylvania.”
“The G.O.P.’s Diversity Deserts”
Charles Blow: “Too many House Republican districts are isolated in naturally homogeneous areas or gerrymandered ghettos, so elected officials there rarely hear — or see — the great and growing diversity of this country and the infusion of energy and… Continue reading
“Hiroshima Court Rules Election Invalid”
WSJ: “In a landmark ruling Monday, a Hiroshima court ruled the results of the December lower-house election invalid in two districts due to the disproportionate weighting of votes in those districts.”
“California Nonpartisan Districting Ousts Life Incumbents”
“Republicans Win Congress as Democrats Get Most Votes”
“Republicans Foil What Majority Wants by Gerrymandering”
Extensive Bloomberg report, and extensive graphics, focusing on gerrymandering in Michigan.
“New court filing: Documents were deleted from GOP redistricting computers”
JS Online:
Documents were deleted from state redistricting computers last year even after a lawyer for the Legislature told lawmakers’ aides to preserve all records on the computers, according to documents filed Wednesday in federal court.
Nine hard drives… Continue reading
“Redistricting Reform Stalling in Ohio House”
“The Consequences of Consequentialist Criteria”
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming UC Irvine Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The two most significant approaches to redistricting to emerge in the last generation are both consequentialist. That is, they both urge authorities to… Continue reading
“Federal panel opens GOP computers in Wisconsin redistricting case”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “A federal court gave groups suing the state broad access Monday to three computers used by the Legislature to develop Republican-friendly voting maps. The Legislature ‘must make these three computers available in their entirety immediately’ to the… Continue reading
“Redistricting didn’t win Republicans the House”
John Sides and Eric McGhee:
Neuroscientist and election forecaster Sam Wang recently added fuel to the fire, calling the 2012 outcome “The Great Gerrymander.” He identified 10 states, most of them controlled by Republicans, as notable and egregious deviations… Continue reading