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Political Geography of Elections Variation of voting districts
ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY Political Geography of Elections Variation of voting districts and voting patterns
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“Gerrymandering” Redistricting for partisan purposes
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A famous gerrymander
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U.S. congressional delegation redistricting
Reapportionment : allocating seats to a geographic area (normally done after every census)
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Congressional reapportionment
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Led to Southern secession, Civil War
1860 Presidential Vote Led to Southern secession, Civil War
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1996 Presidential Vote
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2008
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205 229 1 I
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2004 Presidential Vote
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2004 Presidential Vote
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2004 Presidential Vote
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NC Voter registration
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If Party A is in control of redistricting…
Wasted votes: Party B is a minority in every district Excess votes: almost all of Party B supporters are in one district Stacked votes: Party A controls the majority of districts, yet Party B controls more than 1 – can result in very strange shaped districts
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