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Mar. 20th, 2012 04:40 pm
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Have I mentioned how much I hate gerrymandering?

(By the way, can we take as given that my opinion on the subject is "Bad when done by Republicans, bad when done by Democrats, good if we can all manage to give it up, but unilateral disarmament is probably a bad idea as it benefits the crooks in charge."?)

Gerrymandering

Date: 2012-03-22 03:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jdonat.livejournal.com
At one point not too long ago, the Village of Oak Park was part of 5, yes 5 US Congressional districts. I could walk from Roosevelt road to Van Buren and be in 3 districts in that short time. The far southern end, to Harvard St. was in the 11th, from Harvard to the middle of I-290, the 4th, and the part just north of I-290 was the 7th. Then the northern part of OP was divided between the 7th and two other districts. No clout for us! The little stripe of the 4th was to connect 2 mainly Latino areas (Gutierrez).

It's been fixed, for now. Oak Park is in the Illinois 7th District.

Re: Gerrymandering

Date: 2012-03-22 01:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] almeda.livejournal.com
Gutierrez is The Earmuffs, aka my district. This year he's actually got a Democratic rival, PLUS a native-Spanish-speaking Republican opponent. This is my most contested race.

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