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Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Every decade, the major political parties gear up for a cartographic war that determines who gets to control Congress for the next ten years, and possibly more. It is the ultimate political weapon: the ability to directly determine the outcomes of elections. This practice, gerrymandering, is perfectly legal. Gerrymandering exposes the most effective form of manipulating elections short of outright fraud.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Gerrymandering has become an immensely powerful weapon of partisan advantage, creating an unresponsive and unaccountable government. But ahead of the 2020 elections and a new round of redistricting, voters are fighting back. With exclusive access to influential, citizen-led activist groups, as well as the legal team that brought the most important voting rights case in a generation to the Supreme Court, the film chronicles the civic grit that is turning...
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Series
Understanding the US Government volume 7
Language
English
Description
Learn how congressional elections are structured. Examine key factors in the politics of congressional campaigns, such as the high cost of campaigning, the role of incumbency, and how congressional campaigns have become increasingly nationalized. Then delve into the issue of gerrymandering, and the varied record in the United States of the practice of gerrymandering.