POL SCI 21A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gerrymandering
13 Sep 2017
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-if majority district is conservative, then conservative representative is likely to get his ideas. -if majority district is half liberal and half conservative, the conservative representative is more. Gerrymandering: drawn up districts that are sure to end up as one political party preference (has both pos. and neg. ) Eg. ) pushed forward likely to offend the liberal with his ideas and his ideas will not get pushed forward (most likely) Old money (connections from last campaigns): same ideals with other politicians earn you funding. Co(cid:374)stitue(cid:374)t ser(cid:448)ice: doi(cid:374)g ser(cid:448)ices (cid:894)ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a history(cid:895) a(cid:374)d re(cid:373)i(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:448)oters of (cid:449)hat they (cid:448)e do(cid:374)e. Trustee: goes with what is deemed best for the people/constituents even if they (people) disagree (senate branch more likely to become trustees because elections are not as often (every 6 yrs))
