In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
Republican state legislators could redraw 187 House districts, compared to Democrats’ 75-95, Mother Jones claims. In particular, Republicans could give themselves five new congressional districts in Florida. The Grand Old Party (GOP) could gain two to three additional seats in Texas, up to three extra seats in Georgia, and one to two additional seats in North Carolina.
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Voter suppression is an old problem in America that is getting worse, not a new concept.
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Holder’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) will fail because it ignores the real cause of gerrymandering: fear.
Parties and politicians gerrymander districts because they are afraid of becoming powerless. That fear is a very valid one in our winner-take-all political system – in which one party represents each district.
Groups like rural whites and African Americans correctly understand they will get little or no political power without gerrymandering. Under the present system, no gerrymandering would no representation for many Americans.
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The House is neither larger enough, nor diverse enough, to adequately represent modern America, data from the Pew Research Center indicates. The same data indicates that the House fails in performing its constitutionally-mandated job of representing the American people.
Today’s strict constructionist U.S. Supreme Court is likely to rule that the House has to grow to represent America leading to a new political crisis. Strict constructionists believe today’s government must follow the intent of the Founding Fathers in its actions.
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