Category Archives: redistricting
“Redistricting Likely to Hamper Democratic Efforts in 2014, Study Finds”
NYT’s The Caucus:
Thanks largely to the way Congressional districts were drawn in the latest round of redistricting, even a dramatic wave election like the one in 2008 that swept President Obama into power and added to Democratic majorities… Continue reading
“FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections”
Press release: “As part of its biennial Monopoly Politics series on the overriding dominance of partisanship in controlling the outcomes of American congressional elections, FairVote today released its initial projections for its Monopoly Politics 2014 report. The report projects… Continue reading
“Redistricting Board asks Supreme Court to clarify ruling”
Anchorage Daily News: “The Alaska Redistricting Board has gone once again to the Alaska Supreme Court, this time asking the justices to clarify whether an earlier ruling requires it to redraw all of Alaska’s legislative districts from scratch.”
MORE:… Continue reading
“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.
“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