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Re: Federal judges panel finds state redistricting plan an "unconstitutional gerryman
Gerrymandering has been going on since 1812 when Massachusetts Governor Eldridge Gerry first designed the jury rigged district. Also the founding fathers and framers were against political parties, they called them factions. They feared that once political parties were established it would end up for the good of the political party over the good of the nation. It would be loyalty to party and not country. Their fears are certainly true today.
People have been b*tching about this for Decades, I know I have, the districts are supposed to be census driven not political but both Parties abuse it in an attempt to break up voting strongholds for the other Party and is not what the founders wanted. Redistricting should be done by a nonpartisan group that ensures those lines are based on the numbers, not political agendas.
Gerrymandering has been going on since 1812 when Massachusetts Governor Eldridge Gerry first designed the jury rigged district. Also the founding fathers and framers were against political parties, they called them factions. They feared that once political parties were established it would end up for the good of the political party over the good of the nation. It would be loyalty to party and not country. Their fears are certainly true today.