Gerrymandering

The Electoral College system allows American voters to elect their president and his Vice President under composite arrangements that involve constitutional provisions, federal and state laws. Reform measures to retain the Electoral College in some form have welcomed a range of diverse proposals. Those that are opposed to the changes and believe that the Electoral College impedes democracy in a way that is inconsistent with American practices that are modern whereas the proponents believe that…

According to the article The Architect Matthew Dowd states, that republican that had money started to immigrate to Texas. In-migration changing drastically in the state of Texas and they started to lose democrat and this why we have more republicans now. The vote in Texas is divided into democratic and republican voter but republicans outnumber democrat each year. It affects the patterns because the lower part of Texas is voting for democrat and the upper part of Texas votes for republican win…

literacy tests and other devices that had been used to disenfranchise African Americans. It authorized the appointment of federal registrars to register voters and observe elections. It also prevented states from changing voter requirements and gerrymandering districts for a period of five years without federal review (Gary, 2013). The poll tax, a point of dispute, was fully banned in 1966. The percentage of black adults registered to vote in the South increased from thirty-five percent in 1964…

The United Stated of America is the most ethnically diverse nation in the world. We have experienced advances in technology, economic prosperity, and acceptance of others. However, these advances, acceptance, and prosperity are not evenly shared across society, as demonstrated by entire sections of American communities becoming marginalized. A central facet of this marginalization is the unequal treatment of Hispanics/Latinos which becomes apparent within the entirety of the American criminal…

from the states that lost population and given to those that population has risen. This process is called reapportionment. Gerrymandering- After census has been counted and reapportionment has taken place, new district lines can be drawn. The amount of districts is determined by the amount of representatives and then every district has its own representative. Gerrymandering is the redrawing of lines by the majority party to benefit and increase election results. This political strategy is…

My parents grew up in the only neighborhood in 1960s Phoenix zoned for Blacks and Mexicans. That neighborhood, South Phoenix, was also the only place in 517 square miles of city zoned for waste dumps, sewage treatment, and mercury-spewing cement plants. The federal government began trying to desegregate Phoenix in the 1970s, but my parents stayed south. They didn’t have much of a choice: they were priced out of anywhere else. Right out of high school, my dad began putting in long hours driving…

written in the 20th century, racism is still very much alive and well in the 21st century. The term colored is still used by a few elderly crowed and has been replaced to nigger with the younger crowd. Racism is “busily working in the shadows, gerrymandering away voting rights and creating legislation that makes pre-emptively shooting dead a young black man who makes you nervous synonymous with standing one's ground,”(Zurcher). The only difference between racism of the 20th century and racism…

Since the early 1900’s America has changed drastically changed regarding land, politics, and industry. As the population grew and families expanded there has been a need for more use of the land for houses and other buildings. The government has intensified to the extent of how they run our society. They are more involved and on top of incidents that may occur and they try to accommodate to every ones’ needs. The factory industry has changed by being more “green” when it comes to what is put…

It is traditionally known that the President’s party will lose Congressional seats during a midterm election. There is no debate on whether or not this is true because of how often the pattern has repeated itself. Despite the fact that it seems like a non-issue because of how often this has occurred, many political scientists research the topic to learn more about the causes of this trend. Research into the topic shows that presidential popularity and the state of the economy are factors that…

Political polarization has always been a deeply rooted reality of American politics but it traces further back than the United States itself. Darwin proposed that morality was an adaption which evolved by natural selection both at an individual level and a group level. Morality or a strong commitment to virtue helped group cohesion and lead tribes with more virtuous members to take over other tribes which did not. In his book The Righteous Mind, Jonathan Haidt argues that group selection shaped…