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Gerrymandering Pros And Cons

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Gerrymandering Position Paper Gerrymandering is the irregular redrawing of district lines to give one political party an advantage. Gerrymandering usually starts with a census. Every ten years, it is necessary to recount the people to redistribute the seats for the members of the House of Representatives. If a state gains or loses states it is necessary to reapportion the state. Reapportionment is redistributing representation within the state by reassign the representatives districts. The goals of this is to make districts of about equal size, sometimes to do this redistricting must occur. Redistricting is redrawing electoral district lines so that to create new districts for the representatives. This is what can lead to Gerrymandering. If one party hits the “trifecta” , meaning they control the governorship, senate, and house seats, then they are able to redraw the district lines. Gerrymandering is wrong because it does not let people have their proper voice in the government. An example of this process is the gerrymandering in Ohio. In the 2010 census, …show more content…

All of these states voted for President Obama, however; all of these states also send primarily republicans to represent them in the House. This can become a major problem because many republicans are talking doing away with the “Winner takes all” method of electing a president. Now while this does seem fair, the Republicans want the vote go be through congressional districts. Meaning if they win the district they get that vote. Obviously this is extremely corrupt. This means that the republicans can gerrymander someone right into the white house. This is not fair because it does not give the democrats any real say in who they want to be their president. And obviously Ohio has been voting for democrats, with the gerrymandered districts it is very likely that they would elect a republican

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