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

2. It Really is a Puzzle

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

4. 1842 Removal of General Election System State Legislatures Continuous Territory

5. 1872 Population

6. US States Based Correlated with Country Population

7. 1901 Compact Territory

8. 7 th Congressional District Becomes the 10 th Congressional District

9. Gerrymandering

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

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

12. Baker v Carr (1962) 1900191019201930194019501960 2020616 2184789 23378852616556 2915841 329718 3567089 Tennessee Population

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

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

15. Political Commentary

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

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

18. Shifting Population

19. 1990 Census Congressional Districts

20. 2000 Census Congressional Districts

21. Comparing 1990 and 2000

22. 2010 Census Districts/ Election 2012

23. 2000 Census Congressional Districts

24. Minority/Majority Districts