POLI 1090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Exploratory Committee

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 1090
• Professor: John Koelher

Document Summary

Electoral districts : redistricting: congressional, state legislative districts drawn every 10 years (after. Legislature, nonpartisan committees, bipartisan committees, courts, panels, wide range: most districts gerrymandered to serve a particularly party"s interest. Both parties attempt to draw districts that maximize the probability of their party winning. Gerrymandering : gerrymandering is the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to a political party, voters are already largely segregated into communities of like-minded voters. Electoral districts : three types of gerrymandering. Packing: ramming many voters of one party into a district due to dilute their votes in other districts. Cracking: tearing up dense pockets of party voters to dilute their votes int hat district. Stacking: merging two districts of the same party to force incumbents to run against each other: court"s fundamental district criteria for congressional districts: Consistent with existing political subdivisions: race can no longer be the deciding criterion.