[Magdalen] Gerrymandering was Canada's election

[Jay Weigel]

Interestingly, one of our GOP representatives, who shall here go unnamed,
quite outsmarted himself on the last redistricting ploy when he saw to it
that his district was redrawn to include even more Republicans....but, as
it turned out, they weren't the "right" kind of Republicans, and they hated
his guts and sent him to a rousing defeat in the primary and elected a Tea
Party type who is among those having tantrums and wreaking havoc currently
in the House.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> Jim O wrote:
>
> That's the case with my district in New York.
>>>
>>
> New York has a uniquely New York gerrymandering system:
>
> It's designed by and for incumbents, whether Democrats or Republicans.
> There's no other ulterior motive, including creating Congressional
> Districts. That's why the State Senate has been controlled by Republicans
> for many years, and the State Assembly by Democrats. And together, they
> divvy up the spoils and approve each others' district lines every ten years.
>
> Congressional Districts are drawn so as to maintain the status quo--
> mostly Democrats in and around NY City (save for Staten Island and a small
> Republican enclave in Brooklyn); Long Island;ds districts swap Democrats
> and Republicans with the net always the same, and upstate is mostly drawn
> to benefit Republicans unless they really need to isolate some enclaves of
> Democrats.
>
> Unlike the South, these lines are definitely not drawn on racial lines,
> unless you count the West Indian Districts and the African American
> Districts in NY City <g>.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>