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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Look at California's crazy districting[/b]. They have districts that weave and snake all over the place that make no sense when you look at neighborhoods.  It is designed so you cannot get a republican or even moderate elected, even in conservative leaning areas.

It goes on all the time with both parties.[/quote]

[b]Citation required[/b].[/quote]

http://swdb.berkeley.edu/resources/california_journal_links/congress.html

Look at this map. Districts splinter off like spiders, jump over mountains, link towns that have no geographical proximity to each other:

http://swdb.berkeley.edu/pub/data/MAPS/2010_over_under/2001_congressional_over_and_under.pdf

Look at the Wikipedia description of gerrymandering.  Most of the examples are from California and Illinois, but there are crazy examples from both parties:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering

Their new [b][b]California redistricting is very controversial as well, for creating districts that virtually guarantee Democratic control over the state for the forseable future:

http://www.redistrictingca.org/news-and-community/2011/07/7-28-11-california-redistricting-maps-released/

If you look at this problem honestly you will see it is a problem with both parties depending on who is in charge, and especially with incumbants trying to hold on to power.
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Do you realize of the three California examples in Wikipedia, one was created by Republicans and one was bipartisan[/b][/b]?[/quote]

Sure.  As I said there are examples from both parties and it is an incumbent problem, not limited to one party.  The last gerrymandered districts in CA were bi-partisan.  The complaint with the newest redistricting is that it is designed to maintain an unbreakable democratic majority in California indefinitely.  I am sure if the republicans were in charge there with the same majorities it would be the opposite problem.
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