“Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders).” PoliticalProcessPartyRiskGainsSeekingSeatsPartisansBipartisanIncumbentsRedistricting Author:Thomas E. Mann
“If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.” PeopleIfsWayPoliticalAsksHouseResultsRepublicanTexasLocksDelayAnalystsRedistricting Author:John Podesta
“Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every redistricting cycle from and after 1970.” Has BeensRealityFoundPoliticsJusticeHistoryDemocracyRightsGenerationsPolicyEqualEthicsConstitutionElectionHistoricalMereHuman RightsContraryDiscriminationIdeologyVotingCyclesTexasEqual RightsViolationDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceRight To VotePartisanshipRacial DiscriminationArtifactsVoting Rights ActRedistricting Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Every individual who participated in the redistricting process knew that incumbency protection was a critical factor in producing the bizarre lines. ... Many of the oddest twists and turns of the Texas districts would never have been created if the Legislature had not been so intent on protecting party and incumbents.” IfsHas BeensPoliticalTurnsPoliticsIndividualProcessLinesPartyCriticalProtectionFactorsTexasBizarreTwistsLegislatureIncumbentsTwists And TurnsRedistrictingIncumbency Author:John Paul Stevens
“It's going to be very important that we as women's rights advocates are involved in redistricting of both the states legislatures and of the House of Representatives and that we not lose seats but we gain seats for talented women and our country, but we're lacking behind.” ImportantCountryStatesHouseLosesBehindsRightsInvolvedGainsOur CountrySeatsRepresentativesWomens RightsLackingLegislatureHouse Of RepresentativesState LegislaturesRedistricting Author:Eleanor Smeal
“Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses.” RepublicanLots Of MoneyRedistricting Author:Collin Peterson
“We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is gonna get hit and his party's gonna get hit. That then means that suddenly you've got a redistricting in which a lot of state legislatures are now Republican. They draw lines that give a huge structural advantage in subsequent elections.” KnowsGivingMeanStatesPresidentLinesPartyHugeRepublicanDrawsAdvantageElectionRecoveryLegislatureState LegislaturesRedistricting Author:Barack Obama
“We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers’ unions and the trial lawyers and the various leftist interest groups, we intend to break them.” HouseInterestBreakFiveTeacherPlansGroupsPicksUnionsVariousLawyerTrialsSeatsSenateLeftistsInterest GroupsTeachers UnionsTrial LawyersRedistricting Author:Grover Norquist
“In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats.” Has BeensHouseGivenNumbersSuccessfulPerspectiveRepublicanAdvantageRoundsSeatsDozenProspectsRedistricting Author:Thomas E. Mann
“Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.” BodyActionRedistricting Author:John Engler