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    There is common conservancy between both republican and democrat beliefs. Republicans have the lowest percentage in the beliefs and also given rights, some seem reasonable but most uncommon so the percentage of the population is at its lowest for republicans, and the hole republican party started because of a protest , also the population likes to vote for the republicans not that have experience not the ones who have a proven record of a presidential experience, they vote for people that have…

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    In Baker v Carr, the majority made up the basis for asserting jurisdiction because the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, did not give it the power to do so. The Constitution never mentioned anything regarding state election procedure, other than that it could not hinder any legal rights of its citizens as mentioned in the Constitution and that the number of representatives per state were to be determined by state population. Therefore, the Constitution never mentioned that federal…

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    Redistricting is the political process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, intended by the Framers to keep the electoral scales of democracy balanced. Instead, the process, as according to the Center for Voting and Democracy, “encourages the manipulation of our elections by allowing incumbent politicians to help partisan allies, hurt political enemies", and flips democracy on its head by allowing these politicians to choose their voters before the voters choose them. The…

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    For example, the Ku Klux Klan scared the African Americans and others who fought for the African American right to vote by killing them and the literacy test after slavery was abolished. Today there is many instances of gerrymandering and voter ID that are specially catered to suppress the vote of the African-Americans. African-Americans are tired of the notion let things take their way as there is another day. Essentially, what Hughes is saying is it is now or never. This…

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    there is little regulation on this topic because it’s still relatively new in acceptance, does it make it right for our government to partake in this behavior? One way in which our government actively discriminates is through racial gerrymandering. Racial gerrymandering is when district lines are drawn to make massive majority-minority districts. While this may favor certain politicians, it isn’t fair to the people, especially under a democracy. This system allows for less representation of…

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    eighteen,United States citizens, a resident of California for at least three years, and live inthe district which they represent for one year. STRUCTURE-TWO LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS: THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE-DISTRICTS LINES ARE DRAWN BY LEGISLATORS; GERRYMANDERING OCCURS.-THE LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY IS THE SPEAKER. AND THE LEADER OF THE SENATE THE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE.THEY ARE PARTICULARLY POWERFUL SINCE THEY DESIGNATE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEES.-THE BULK OF THE WORK OF BOTH CHAMBERS IS…

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    Lindy Li's Analysis

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    Presidential election is going to cost $5 billion. And then we complain that we don’t have enough money in the public schools. There is such a bad allocation of resources.” (Bahadur). Lindy Li also speaks about her views on making college affordability, gerrymandering, gun laws, and increasing government…

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    Ender's Game exercised many different aspects of a child's life. Orson Scott Card does a phenomenal way of showing how Colonel Graff exploited his power in Ender's Game because he sees a lack of maturity in the children, and because of his mindset, he left a negative impact on the children's lives. Taking the youth and brainwashing them to be soldiers was a horrible act that they could get away with. The International Fleet had not been scrupulous when it came to the course materials.…

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    Political Parties Dbq

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    difference in the United States. Gerrymander is manipulate the boundaries so that it will favor one party or class. Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry used this practice to benefits his political parties (Doc 8).People consider the practice of gerrymandering unfair because is undemocratic and unconstitutional. The Death of Alexander Hamilton is another example of mistrust between people due to political differences (Doc 6). The death of Hamilton show how the people can mistreat each other or…

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    Congressional reapportionment and redistricting are conducted every ten years. When redistricting is conducted politicians often engage in gerrymandering. Define congressional reapportionment and explain one reason why it is important to states. Congressional reapportionment is when there is a change in the amount of seats in the House of Representatives after the United States Census, or decennial census. It is important to states because they can be able to become more important if they…

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