Numericting Vs Redistriction

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a) The process of which seats the House of Representatives are distributed according to the most recent census.
b) The process of redrawing the districts boundaries when a state has my representatives than a district, this occurs every 10 years.
c) One goal of politicians when they gerrymander during redistricting is to increase the strength of a political party and minimize the strength of an opposition party. Also, the want to increase/decrease the strenth of a minority party, whichever benefits.
d) The supreme court has made it to where all districts must be equal in population and no racial gerrymandering. They cannot violate civil rights acts.
e) Redisticting is challening because first of all it is hard to make districts populations

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