Gerrymandering

The United States has masked racial gerrymandering with political factors for as long as gerrymandering has been in use. This function has the power to unfairly change the color of a state and completely misrepresent huge populations. In Angela Davis’ Women, Race and Class: An Activist Perspective she details the inequalities of women and people of color. She gives many examples alluding to this obvious oppression of people in the United States. This includes the lack of voting laws for these…

essential because each district has an election and the party that wins the most districts then wins the election. The first of such flaws is gerrymandering. The dictionary definition of gerrymandering is, “To divide [a geographic area] into voting districts in a way that gives one party an unfair advantage in elections” (“Gerrymandering”). The term gerrymandering was first coined in the 1800s when the governor of Massachusetts named Gerry changed the electoral districts purely to win an…

A decentralized Congress protects and enhances individual interest, although quick decision making is sacrificed and delays and discussion must be allowed. However, the delays in time can lead to more thoughtful decision making. The people do not favor Congress because they feel it doesn't represent the viewpoint of the people and they are slow in their decision making. 7. The larger more populous states wanted a senate based on population, the smaller populated states objected because they…

place economic sanctions against the states who try to gerrymander the population so that they learn that if they do the state will owe money to the federal government and Finally limit the amount of representatives the state have if their caught gerrymandering and each time their caught more loss representatives they have, this shows that their actions will be accounted for and they will have consequences for…

the reason that the population shifted from rural to urban. There are numerus problems with how the legislation redistricts for the congressional districts. First being, the party in control with the state legislation does what is referred to as Gerrymandering, in which they draw new lines based on the population, they tend to benefit the party that is doing the redistricting. Another problem, is that that there are 435 members and the original purpose was that they would be close to the…

The Horn of Africa, Eritrea, is home to around 6 million people and is the worlds’ most oppressive state. Isaias Afwerki has been in power for around two decades and since taking up power in 1993 has forbidden any elections from taking place. Political theorist, Robert Dahl, considers the following four aspects vital for the making of a free and fair election: 1. the ability to vote without fear of reprisal; 2. coercion is prohibited and not practiced; 3. all voters are counted as equal; 4.…

emissions in our climate. We can put an end to gridlock by completely getting rid of gerrymandering. No gerrymandering would increase voter turnout and make elections more competitive. Gerrymandering does not give an accurate representation of the American citizens in Washington because in a sense politicians are choosing their voters and not the people choosing their politicians. In addition to eliminating gerrymandering, if our primaries were opened to allow all voters to participate in the…

Exam 2 1. Impeachment is the accomplishment of calling into examination the honesty or validity of something. There is a two-step process to the impeachment process. It is looked upon by the House of Representatives, and must pass a simple majority of those present and voting. Upon pass being approved, the offender has been impeached. It’s stated in Article II that the President, Vice President, and all public officers of the U.S shall be detached from Office on Impeachment for, and conviction…

I think independent commission would be better for a case or opposition for gerrymandering. There isn't really enough information to measure the effectiveness of the independent to make a more informed decision. Sure in the video it talks about how many republicans, how many democrats, other political parties out the group. The video or information doesn't tackle about the rules of politics: who, what when, where or how on many levels. What was the process of choosing the people…

certain party over the other. This political procedure manipulates district boundaries to sort voters with similar political beliefs or social ties into a single district or sorts them into two districts to give power to the current majority. Gerrymandering is an undemocratic procedure because the election outcomes often times do not represent the public’s votes. The method is convenient for those who want their party to stay in control of the office. However, the procedure is undemocratic…