Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2021
6min777
Fair representation is foundational to our democracy.
Tag: gerrymandering
Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2021
Jacob OglesOctober 20, 2021
5min1606
Should inmates be counted as constituents at their last address or their cell?
Anne GeggisSeptember 17, 2021
5min1598
Voters would give up their party's advantage for more fairness, the survey found.
Associated PressFebruary 16, 2021
11min743
Whoever controls the map-drawing wields enormous power over the U.S. political system.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 6, 2019
5min328
Districts are re-drawn every ten years.
Danny McAuliffeFebruary 14, 2018
8min1187
Frustration over the American political process has brought together strange bedfellows: two former Florida congressmen of competing parties. David Jolly, a Republican, and Patrick Murphy, a Democrat, left office in 2017. They’ve since embarked on a tour, titled “Why Gridlock Rules Washington,” to share their less-than-ideal experiences in the nation’s capital. And the duo doesn’t […]
Darryl PaulsonJanuary 30, 2018
5min326
We know Florida has the third largest population of the 50 states, which means it has the third largest congressional delegation. Its 27 members are split 16 to 11 in favor of Republicans, even though Republicans amount to 35 percent of the electorate. Democrats are 38 percent of the Florida electorate, but their support is […]
Darryl PaulsonOctober 5, 2017
7min331
The term gerrymandering was coined over 200 years ago. On March 26, 1812, the Boston Gazette first used the term in describing the redrawing of a Massachusetts state senate district. Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, said the district resembled a salamander. Gerry’s name was linked to the last part of salamander, […]
Guest AuthorOctober 3, 20175min301
“The fact is, gerrymandering has become a national scandal.” That was true when President Ronald Reagan said it in a 1987 speech to the Republican Governors Club. And now, 30 years later, the electoral map drawing process in America is even more shameful as craven political operatives use computers to generate partisan political results. Today’s […]
Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2017
6min843
Declaring it is time for Florida to “modernize” it’s voting systems, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King unveiled a policy statement Tuesday calling for universal voter registration and for voters to vote anywhere in their county. King, a Winter Park-based developer of affordable and senior housing, rolled out a seven-point voting and elections plan Tuesday to […]