DAY 11: Congressional Districts
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DAY 11: Congressional Districts
TLW: Define gerrymandering and develop a “gerrymandered” map.
KEY VOCABULARYApportionment, Reapportionment, Census, Congressman at-large,
Gerrymander, Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), Reapportionment Act of 1929
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Worst High School Mascots
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Hoopstown, Indiana
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New Berlin Pretzels
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The House of Representatives
• Size and Terms—apportioned (distributed) among the states based on the basis of their populations…each state is guaranteed one seat…435 total seats
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REAPPORTIONMENT
– Reapportionment Act of 1929—”permanent “ size of the House is 435; following each census it is determined how many seats each state shall have; President sends the plan for seat allocation to the Congress; if neither house rejects the seat totals within 60 days it becomes effective
Reapportionment—redistribute the seats every 10 years
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Raul Grijalva
• House of Representatives
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John McCain
• Senate
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Jeff Flake
• Senate
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DISTRICTS• Districts: 435
congressional districts (7 states have 1 representative so 428 congressional districts divided among 43 states)– Single Member
District means voters choose from candidates running in that particular district
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Gerrymandering• Gerrymandering—is the drawing
of districts to the advantage of the political party that controls the State’s legislature– Drawn to concentrate opposition’s
voters so other areas are left for the dominant party
– Spread the opposition so thinly that they have less of a chance to win elections
– Usually divided between Urban and Rural areas
– Wesberry v. Sanders, 1964—Georgia’s congressional districts were divided too unevenly and “…one man’s vote in an election is to be worth as much as another’s…”
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Gerrymandering before you know what it is…
• Draw the box below and then divide the box into 3 separate areas. Each area must have 4 circles each. Try and make it so “A” has the most circles in each area.
• We want A to have a political advantage.
B
AAA
A
BB A
A
A
A
A
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Gerrymandering before you know what it is…
• Draw the box below and then divide the box into 3 separate areas. Each area must have 4 circles each. Try and make it so “A” has the most circles in each area.
B
AAA
A
BB A
A
A
A
A
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Define the terms: Apportionment,
reapportionment, census, Congressman-at-large,
Gerrymander, Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), Reapportionment
Act of 1929
Why do states do it?Who is legally responsible for it?
What are the steps of reapportionment?