Intro
When asking Government officials if they gerrymander states every time there is a census, nearly every representative will say no. By doing this, they are granting themselves immunity from laws and creating higher odds that they will be re-elected. We constantly are put into a so called “group” which is based off of race and political beliefs. This corruption runs all the way to the housing market, where people are shown houses within a region that is predominantly one race, or a certain political belief. By “organizing” citizens this way, representatives of a particular belief are more likely to be reelected, therefore keeping more citizens happy. There are many different ways legislators and representatives are able to gain more …show more content…
Gerrymandering is unethical and rightfully wrong as it has the opportunity to have an unequal representation of a state (Politics and Policy). Somehow, we see this happen every ten years after a census, yet there are very few who blink an eye at it. Politicians say that it is only for the better good. But, is it really? When you look at the House of Representatives, there are about fifty more republicans than democrats (as shown in figure 1-1). This may alter the next election, however, as it stands, the so called “equal representation” is not there. We see race brought into just about every action that is made, and it is a factor once again in the case gerrymandering. According to the Redistricting Task Force for the National Conference of State Legislatures “…gerrymandering is a justiciable issue and may be held unconstitutional if it has a sufficiently discriminatory effect” (Wattson). Now, it is said that the minorities (not being racist) are typically democratic, so when the politics
When asking Government officials if they gerrymander states every time there is a census, nearly every representative will say no. By doing this, they are granting themselves immunity from laws and creating higher odds that they will be re-elected. We constantly are put into a so called “group” which is based off of race and political beliefs. This corruption runs all the way to the housing market, where people are shown houses within a region that is predominantly one race, or a certain political belief. By “organizing” citizens this way, representatives of a particular belief are more likely to be reelected, therefore keeping more citizens happy. There are many different ways legislators and representatives are able to gain more …show more content…
Gerrymandering is unethical and rightfully wrong as it has the opportunity to have an unequal representation of a state (Politics and Policy). Somehow, we see this happen every ten years after a census, yet there are very few who blink an eye at it. Politicians say that it is only for the better good. But, is it really? When you look at the House of Representatives, there are about fifty more republicans than democrats (as shown in figure 1-1). This may alter the next election, however, as it stands, the so called “equal representation” is not there. We see race brought into just about every action that is made, and it is a factor once again in the case gerrymandering. According to the Redistricting Task Force for the National Conference of State Legislatures “…gerrymandering is a justiciable issue and may be held unconstitutional if it has a sufficiently discriminatory effect” (Wattson). Now, it is said that the minorities (not being racist) are typically democratic, so when the politics