GEOG 245 Lecture 11: Redistricting_ The Geodemography of Democracy
9 Dec 2018
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Every 10 years, a census is taken to count the u. s. population and gather information to see changes in society. The census allows us to see where population increases or decreases so we will know where to take or give seats. The supreme court has extended the one person one vote rule to all levels of political representation in the united states. Whole numbers of persons means both resident citizens and aliens, also unauthorized people. Across the country, our two major political parties are gearing up for a once a decade war whose winner will control congress for the next ten years and possibly more. The process of drawing us electoral district boundaries in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. 7 states only have a single representative because of low populations. In 31 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, subject to approval by the state governor.
