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[quote=Anonymous][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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Not exactly.  California's redistricting agenda is to protect incumbents, which is why there is so much bipartisan support for the redistricting.

Texas is around 40% hispanic yet only about 20% of congressmen are hispanic.   That's not great but what totally sucks is that Texas gets four new congressional seats due almost entirely to the hispanic population growth, and the resulting plan will probably result in fewer hispanic members of congress.  W.T.F?

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