Constraints on Partisan Gerrymandering in U.S. Politics
by
Nicholas R. Seabrook
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Radical redistricting plans, such as that pushed through by Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003, are frequently used for partisan purposes. Perry's plan sent twenty-one Republicans (and only eleven Democrats) to Congress in the 2004 elections. Such heavy-handed tactics strike many as contrary to basic...