18 Nov 2022 8:47 am
you are getting closer to the topic, but you have yet to connect the concept of race to these maps and districts. You think there is no connection? Then why is there so many people on NPR and elsewhere claiming there is?peepee » 18 Nov 2022, 9:41 am » wrote: ↑ ....more for the blathering, puppet-sucking, trumptard-level nazis [and monetary ignoramuses]:These tactics are typically combined in some form, creating a few "forfeit" seats for packed voters of one type in order to secure more seats and greater representation for voters of another type. This results in candidates of one party (the one responsible for the gerrymandering) winning by small majorities in most of the districts, and another party winning by a large majority in only a few of the districts.[24] Any party that endeavors to make a district more favorable to voting for them based on the physical boundary is gerrymandering.
- "Hijacking" redraws two districts in such a way as to force two incumbents to run against each other in one district, ensuring that one of them will be eliminated.[21]
- "Kidnapping" moves an incumbent's home address into another district.[21] Reelection can become more difficult when the incumbent no longer resides in the district, or possibly faces reelection from a new district with a new voter base. This is often employed against politicians who represent multiple urban areas, in which larger cities will be removed from the district in order to make the district more rural.