The political battle over congressional redistricting
By: edited by William J. Miller and Jeremy D. Walling
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9781498515450; 9780739169834
Subjects: United States; United States. Congress. House; Election districts; Apportionment (Election law); History
Description: "By focusing on states that either gained or lost congressional seats as a result of the decenial census, we present case studies that help demonstrate how different states handle redistricting. Despite having the same task before them (and computer programs capable of drawing theoretically perfect districts), there is still a winner-take-all mentality amongst majority parties in state legislatures when the time comes to draw the lines. Through this book, we hope to share myriad of struggles faced across our nation as states strive to draw district lines"--P. xvii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tom and "Gerry"? The cat and mouse game of congressional redistricting; title: Utah: Pizza slices, doughnut holes, and one-party dominance; title: Incumbency, influence, and race: redistricting South Carolina style; title: Swimming against the tide: partisan gridlock and the 2011 Nevada redistricting; title: Redistricting the peach state; title: "Fair" districts in Florida: new congressional seats, new constitutional standards, same old Republican advantage?; title: Congressional redistricting in Louisiana: religion, race, party, and incumbents; title: Redistricting in Massachusetts; title: Michigan: Republican domination during a population exodus; title: Redistricting in Arizona: an independent process challenged by partisan politics; title: Carving lines in the Cascades: redistricting Washington; title: Missouri: show me...again and again!; title: Congressional redistricting in New Jersey; title: Lone star lines: the battle over redistricting in Texas; title: Redistricting congressional districts in Ohio: an example of a partisan process with long-lasting consequences; title: Raw political power, gerrymandering, and the illusion of fairness: the Pennsylvania redistricting process, 2001 and 2011; title: Redistricting in Iowa 2011; title: Drawing congressional districts in Illinois: always political, not always partisan; title: New York redistricting in action: legislative inaction; title: Why redistricting matters: political decisions and policy impacts.