redistricting
Electoral map revision
Redistricting is the process of redrawing electoral district boundaries, typically after a census reveals population shifts.
In the United States, state legislatures redistrict congressional and state legislative maps every ten years.
When the party in power draws boundaries to maximize its electoral advantage, the practice is called gerrymandering: The redistricting plan was challenged in court.
Official population count
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- reapportionmentRedistributing legislative seats
- enumerationSequential listing of items
undercounting · density · distribution · shifts · growth · migration · diversity · ethnicity
Bounded administrative areas
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- zonesDefined territorial divisions
divisions · contours · borders · perimeters · limits · sectors · jurisdictions · contiguous
Formal choosing of officials
- votersThose who cast ballots
- representationDepiction or likeness
- constituentsParts of a whole
- legislativeConcerning the creation of laws
congressional · statehouse · seats · majority · minority · swing · battleground · incumbency
Biased toward one side
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- packingPutting items in containers
- malapportionmentUnequal distribution of representation
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
bias · safe seats · uncompetitive · skewing · distortion · rigging · disenfranchisement · salamander
Not aligned politically
- bipartisanInvolving both major parties
- transparencyState of being see-through
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- public hearingsOfficial meetings open to all
criteria · competitiveness · accountability · litigation · court-ordered · preclearance · Voting Rights Act · equal protection
Digital route-finding tool
- GISSpatial data framework
- dataFacts for analysis
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- public commentCitizen input at hearings
hearings · deadline · cycle · decennial · commission · legislature · proposals · drafts
census
Official population count
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- reapportionmentRedistributing legislative seats
enumeration · undercounting · density · distribution · shifts · growth · migration · diversity · ethnicity · socioeconomic
precincts
Bounded administrative areas
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
zones · divisions · contours · borders · perimeters · limits · sectors · jurisdictions · contiguous · compact
elections
Formal choosing of officials
- votersThose who cast ballots
- representationDepiction or likeness
- constituentsParts of a whole
legislative · congressional · statehouse · seats · majority · minority · swing · battleground · incumbency · party
partisan
Biased toward one side
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- packingPutting items in containers
- malapportionmentUnequal distribution of representation
manipulation · bias · safe seats · uncompetitive · skewing · distortion · rigging · disenfranchisement · salamander · sweetheart
nonpartisan
Not aligned politically
- bipartisanInvolving both major parties
- transparencyState of being see-through
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
public hearings · criteria · competitiveness · accountability · litigation · court-ordered · preclearance · Voting Rights Act · equal protection · legal challenge
mapping software
Digital route-finding tool
- GISSpatial data framework
- dataFacts for analysis
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
public comment · hearings · deadline · cycle · decennial · commission · legislature · proposals · drafts · amendments
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- political eventselection, campaign, debate, vote, rally
- California governmentstate constitution, legislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor
redistrictinggerrymandering
Manipulating electoral boundaries strategically
racial gerrymandering · cracking · malapportionment · packing
district, districts, redraw, redrawn, districting, districted, gerrymandering, redistrict, subdistrict