Posted on: August 3rd, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Politics ]
“As always happens in years that end with “1,” Texas congressional maps were redrawn in 2001, and those who felt shortchanged rushed to federal court to seek relief.
How U.S. House maps are redrawn today is a major issue because technological advances in polling and demography make it possible to draw maps to predetermine winners.
Forget that voters pick their representatives. Today, congressional members almost always pick their voters by getting state legislators to carefully craft their districts. Incumbents then poll district residents and say exactly what the voters want to hear.”
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