[Magdalen] Canada's election

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 10/19/15 9:08 PM, Christopher Hart wrote:
> Hey Scott, If you can find a diagram of Pennsylvania's congressional
> districts I would bet that our 7th (my district) would give yours a run for
> its money. I've never seen such a crazy shape.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/PA


>
> On Monday, October 19, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think our congressional districts are numbered to allow for
>> gerrymandering. I mean, our 9th district here would have a name like
>> Evanston-Skokie-Edgewater-Uptown-Lake View-Lincolnwood-Des
>> Plaines-Mount Prospect-Arlington Heights. And the next redistricting
>> could change more than half of those localities. Can't even name it
>> "North Shore" because it reaches way west in a U shape and down a
>> narrow leg to pick up our part of Chicago in addition to the rather
>> posh but not ultra-posh North Shore burbs. So the neighborhood just
>> west of us is not in our district, but Arlington Heights, which takes
>> two hours to get to via public transport, is in our district.


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