How Do We Determine Who We Are Voting For? Redistricting.

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How Do We Determine Who We Are Voting For? Redistricting

It Really is a Puzzle

Guidelines for Districts What guidance does the Constitution give? −General Ticket System −Single Member District −At-Large

1842 Removal of General Election System State Legislatures Continuous Territory

1872 Population

US States Based Correlated with Country Population

1901 Compact Territory

7 th Congressional District Becomes the 10 th Congressional District

Gerrymandering

Definition Drawing district boundaries to the advantage of one group over another.

Why Gerrymander? Concentrate opposition in as few districts as possible. Spread out the opposition and mix them with your majority.

Baker v Carr (1962) Tennessee Population

Baker v Carr (1962) Congressional districts hadn’t been changed since 1901.

Wesberry v Sanders (1964) Rural v Urban Representation Article I, Section 2 −Apportioned by respective numbers −One Man, One Vote

Political Commentary

Ohio Redistricting Apportionment Board −Governor −Secretary of State −State Auditor −One representative of the Speaker of the House −One member of the opposite party

Ohio’s 2010 Apportionment Board Governor John Kasich R Chair Auditor David Yost R Vice Chair Jon Husted RArmond Budish D Thomas Niehaus R

Shifting Population

1990 Census Congressional Districts

2000 Census Congressional Districts

Comparing 1990 and 2000

2010 Census Districts/ Election 2012

2000 Census Congressional Districts

Minority/Majority Districts