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  2. Gerrymandering in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bipartisan gerrymandering, where redistricting favors the incumbents in both the Democratic and Republican parties, became especially relevant in the 2000 redistricting process, which created some of the most non-competitive redistricting plans in American history. [26]: 828 The Supreme Court held in Gaffney v.

  3. List of party switchers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    His family left the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party, but he rejoined the Democratic Party after the war. 1965 – Arlen Specter , U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011). He was a Republican from 1965 to 2009 and a Democrat from 1951 to 1965 and 2009 to 2012.

  4. List of majority-minority United States congressional ...

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    Population data are from 2021 American Community Survey and 2020 census population estimates. Districts in the table below reflect the 118th Congress. [1] Currently, there are 26 congressional districts where African Americans make up a majority of constituents, mostly in the South. Every district is represented by Democrats.

  5. Gerrymandering - Wikipedia

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    The redistricting was a notable success for Gerry's Democratic-Republican Party. In the 1812 election, both the Massachusetts House and governorship were comfortably won by Federalists, losing Gerry his job, but the redistricted state senate remained firmly in Democratic-Republican hands. [8]

  6. How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the ... - AOL

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    New York's highest court last week gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state's congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to win control of the U.S. House next year. Now the ...

  7. Ohio Issue 1: What is it, who is for it, and who is against it?

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    Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Republican, explained what the Democrats aim to do with Issue 1 while in Lima on Oct. 4. "Issue 1 is a power grab by the Democrats.

  8. Gerrymandering Isn't New—But Now We Have a Solution

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    In Ohio, Utah, and New Mexico, the dominant party — in the first two cases Republicans, and in the latter, Democrats — simply ignored their commission’s work and drew a gerrymander.

  9. List of current United States representatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.