Gerrymandering & Voting Rights Prepare an outline for your research paper on Gerrymandering & Voting Rights.
How will the demographic and geographical changes between your 2010 and 2020 voting district change political outcomes for elections?
DISCUSSION POST 1. For a background to gerrymandering, reference course materials and watch this video that presents an overview on how legislators stay in power as a result of legislative redistricting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s6erd5MbEY 2. Next, go to the Texas Tribune website that shows the new voting maps based on the 2020 Census, and type in your […]
Consider how demographics changes like race, ethnicity, or partisanship influence voting and election outcomes.
Instructions 1. For a background to gerrymandering, reference course materials and watch this video that presents an overview on how legislators stay in power as a result of legislative redistricting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s6erd5MbEY 2. Next, go to the Texas Tribune website that shows the new voting maps based on the 2020 Census, and type in your address […]
Explain how gerrymandering is thought to work and evaluate the effectiveness of gerrymandering
Watch the three videos on gerrymandering and read the documents on gerrymandering (attached below,) respond to the writing prompt. Your essay must possess a thesis statement and support that thesis with evidence from the sources provided in the Gerrymander Documents pdf file. Throughout your essay, you must parenthetically cite your source. Example: “…the illustration shows […]