what do you know about redistricting?(it has something to do with politics)?
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Norm's answer is partially correct. He is talking about re-districting according to the Census returns. However, the re-districting in the news lately is slightly different.\n\nOur country is a representative Republic, so we cast our votes for representatives. These may be Congressmen, Senators, Presidential Electors, Assemblymen, Councilmen, or whatever. Everyone in the district casts their votes, and the winning candidate becomes the representative of that district. And, of course, there is a limited number of districts.\n\nThe re-districting you are hearing about in the news concerns altering the shape and contents of each district to obtain a desired political effect. This means creating the district so a particular group will have better or more fair showing when the votes are counted. Here are some examples.\n\nIt had been prevalent decades ago to create districts where each district had as few African American people as possible so their total political voice would be dissipated and minimized. In 1964, with the Voting Rights Act, Congress said that problems like this in the past could be "corrected" by creating new districts where the number of African Americans was a majority.\n\nThere has been an allegation that the re-districting in Texas was done to make as many State Legislature districts as possible have Republican majorities. It is suggested that this re-districting would have given Republicans a larger number of votes in the Legislature than would be proper by people's votes. Some Republicans have answered that the previous districting had given Democrats this same unfair advantage, and that this is another type of correction.\n\nI hope this helps.
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Yes - I find the whole process fascinating.  I also believe that voting is an informed decision making process, so I keep up with local, state and national issues so I can make an informed decision.  How can a person complain about the state of things in their city, state and country if they are not well informed as to what is going on AND they don't vote!  If you don't exercise your right to vote, you shouldn't complain about the state of things.
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Politics is the candidates' quest to persuade the voters to elect him/her. The ad campaigns, news conferences, and the debates. The ordinances you mentioned is the legislative process of governing. The constituents can only influence, not control, the way an elected official governs. If the community gets angry enough at the leaders, the community will vote them out of the next election. This is the system of a republic as opposed to pure democracy, which is simply majority rule, as seen in California's proposition system.
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Also you can try the link below.  A Great Big WOOO-HOOOO to you.  Thanks for helping spread the word!  It is so easy to contact the correct lawmaker for your district.
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It applies to the Northwest Territory (now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota).  It basically broke the territory up into 6mi by 6mi sections (36 square miles).  The government would sell no less than 1 square mile (640 acres) at no less than $1 per acre.\n  It made the Northwest Territory one political unit ruled by a governor and judges appointed by Congress.  When 5,000 male adults lived in the territory, it could organize a bicameral legislature and send a delegate to Congress, who could speak but not vote in Congress.  A state required 60,000 people.  \n  It forbade slavery and ensured public education support and freedom or religion.  The new states would be considered equal to the first 13.\n\nHope that helps ;)
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Here you go...\n\nhttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ElectionsVoter/OEcongressDist.pdf#search='map%20of%20ohio%20congressional%20districts'
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a congressional district in Georgia
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Why bother?  Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, et al. have got it all sewn up.  Open your mouth and utter a conservative word, and I think they'll actually kick you out of the state.  Really!
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Contact the local Republican HQ ... they have this information.
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The number of members in the house stays constant, unless there is an act of congress adding more seats (or i suppose taking away).  The districts for each rep are decided by the census, but currently there is talk about adding at least one new seat to accomidate a representative from the now unrepresented District of Columbia.
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Politics1 is a great informative site, but it doesn't usually have info on downballot races such as county/municipal or state legislature races.\nhttp://www.politics1.com/\n\nThe Virginia Public Access Project:\nhttp://www.vpap.org/index.cfm\n\nand the League of Women Voters usually has a lot of info:\nhttp://virginia.va.lwvnet.org/elections.html
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Unlikey, in an average mid term year about 95% of all congressmen are re-elected. Any changes will be in extremely marginal districts and open districts.
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Issues and concerns change. The politician who does not change is often left high and dry. If a politician runs for a higher office than the one they currently hold, they have to take into account the larger, more diverse population which is eligible to vote for the higher office. \n\nPolitics is often called "the art of the possible," for these very reasons. It's also been said that "the primary job of a politician is to get re-elected." This implies that he or she must change with the people who elect him or her and reflect their concerns. Holding onto an early "mandate" can be very difficult when you have to change your original positions.\n\nOther problems: being elected on a "mandate" is one thing, actually DOING something about it when you get into office is quite another; many times, those elected on a "mandate" discover that they need more help getting the madate implemented than they can muster; there's also the fact that being together with other politicians in a location far from your constituents often makes the memory of why you were elected fade.\n\nPolitics is a constant game of balances and compromises.
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What district are you asking about?
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There should be something like a State Election Commission you can address your concern to.  Also, you can usually start with your location city hall for information.
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Republican Gil Gutknecht (http://www.gil.house.gov/About/about.htm )\n\nYou can look up your district's representative by ZIP code at http://www.house.gov/
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Examines and analyzes politics - why legislators vote as they do, why they propose certain bills, why the President and his administration takes certain actions.  \n\nDoes that help?  Are you looking for something more specific?