In Florida, the question of how best to protect minority interests in redistricting recently escalated into a heated statewide debate over redistricting. At the forefront is outspoken Democratic Representative Corrine Brown, who has filed a lawsuit to take Amendment 6 (the FairDistricts Florida ballot initiative that would reform the criteria for drawing congressional districts) off [...]
Two of Florida’s Members of Congress filed a lawsuit to take redistricting reform off the state’s November 2010 ballot. Representatives Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Miami) oppose Amendment 6 to the Florida Constitution, which, combined with the preceding Amendment 5, is known as the FairDistricts proposal. Diaz-Balart asserts that he and Representative Brown are filing the lawsuit to [...]
New Rose Institute Study Analyzes Redistricting Across United States
Today the Rose Institute released “Redistricting in America: A State-by-State Analysis.” “Redistricting in America” provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of legislative and congressional redistricting systems in each of the 50 states. “Redistricting in America” offers a behind-the-scenes look at the complex and ever-changing world of redistricting. [...]
Last week, Karl Rove wrote an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal on the importance of many 2010 state congressional races for redistricting and the resulting reapportionment of seats in the US House of Representatives.
In many states, redistricting of congressional seats is done by the state legislatures. If Republicans are able to win majorities [...]
30,275 people applied for the 14 slots on the Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC). As the Rose Institute reported earlier, the application deadline was extended from February 12th to February 16th because of the intense interest. The Citizens Redistricting Commission is entrusted with the task of redrawing California’s Legislative Districts in 2011, and is a result of [...]
Florida redistricting after the 2010 census is likely to be a partisan struggle. The state is likely to gain an additional Congressional seat (for a total of 26). Despite having more registered Democrats than Republicans in Florida, the state government is dominated by Republicans. The state Senate has twenty-six Republicans to fourteen Democrats and the [...]
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale- Palm Beach area includes the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd districts. The more southern 18th and 21st are held by Republicans while the rest are held by Democrats. All, however, are below the ideal population level, some by a considerable amount.
Florida’s 17th congressional district is located at the [...]
Our southern Florida region contains five districts: 13th, 14th, 16th, 23rd and 25th. Four seats are held by Republicans and over-populated while the 23rd is held by a Democrat and relatively under-populated.
Florida’s 13th congressional district stretches along the Gulf Coast from just below Tampa Bay to Charlotte harbor. It includes all of Sarasota, DeSoto and [...]
Central Florida includes the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 15th districts. It is centered on Tampa and St. Petersburg in the west, though some districts stretch across inland Florida to the Space Coast along the Atlantic.
Florida’s 9th congressional district includes the area north of St. Petersburg and north and east of Tampa. It is also [...]
Northern Florida contains seven districts: the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 24th. The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th are currently held by Republicans and all but the 3rd are over the ideal population for a district.
The 3rd lies in the center of the area. It was drawn in 1992 to be North Florida’s black-majority [...]
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