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December 02, 2003
Must read
This long New Yorker article on redistricting is today's must read. Political junkies probably won't find much new, but it is interesting. I would argue that Georgia, while gerrymandering, does buck a few trends: The "majority party" that redistricted (the Democrats) sees a smaller share of Congressional representatives (38%) than they saw in the last statewide elections (46%+). Compare that to Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, which turn (in Colorado's example) a small statewide voting majority into a supermajority in it's delegation, and Pennsylvania and Michigan, who arguably have more Democrats statewide but have Republicans overwhelmingly control both state's delegations. Another area Georgia bucked the trend in: our Congressional primaries threw out partisans for moderates (McKinney and Barr). Who knew?
Posted by Chris at December 2, 2003 03:20 PM
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