Re: Texas redistricting & fairness

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The idea is that you want to put as many of the opposing party as you can
in one district -- 100% would be ideal -- then have 50+ percent in each of
the districts you expect to hold.  Rep. Berman's brother has the computer
system that did the redistricting.


On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:09:09PM -0800, Devine, James wrote:
> in many states, there's also a deal between incumbents (of both parties) to protect the positions of incumbents using gerrymandering. It's not just a partisan thing.
>
> it pushes me in the direction of favoring term limits, but I'm not that far gone yet.
>

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Michael Perelman
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