MichaelWeston Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Thoughts [b][b][url="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/11/07/1159631/americans-voted-for-a-democratic-house-gerrymandering-the-supreme-court-gave-them-speaker-boehner/"]http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/11/07/1159631/americans-voted-for-a-democratic-house-gerrymandering-the-supreme-court-gave-them-speaker-boehner/[/url][/b][/b] [b]We had an issue fail that was meant to curb this. [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewdog Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Does Gerrymandering really matter anymore? Maybe it did back in the day when electoral college representatives voted according to the area of the state they covered, but now give or take like 1-3 votes across the entire country, all electoral college votes go to the winner of the entire states. Gerrymandering does effect Representatives to Congress, because people of the same ethnic and socioeconomic background can be lumped together in order to provide a distinct advantage to one party over another. I just don't see it ever getting changed, because the economy of an area can also quickly change the make up of a community. How many affluent predominately upper-middle class neighborhoods were wrecked during the crash in the housing market and the subsequent semi-recession? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Tigers Johnson| Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 It can really affect state congresses.... It's insane how districts can be drawn to look like a child did it with a crayon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 [quote name='Lewdog' timestamp='1352498760' post='1179043'] Does Gerrymandering really matter anymore? Maybe it did back in the day when electoral college representatives voted according to the area of the state they covered, but now give or take like 1-3 votes across the entire country, all electoral college votes go to the winner of the entire states. Gerrymandering does effect Representatives to Congress, because people of the same ethnic and socioeconomic background can be lumped together in order to provide a distinct advantage to one party over another. I just don't see it ever getting changed, because the economy of an area can also quickly change the make up of a community. How many affluent predominately upper-middle class neighborhoods were wrecked during the crash in the housing market and the subsequent semi-recession? [/quote] If it didn't they wouldn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewdog Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 [quote name='MichaelWeston' timestamp='1352499474' post='1179050'] If it didn't they wouldn't do it. [/quote] How often is it done and when is the last time one was changed from one election to the next. I'm not going to rant and form an opinion until I have enough information of a good period of time to point the finger of blame at someone. Also, don't tell me it was down in one count in Florida and it changed the whole election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorclaws Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 That article seems pretty worthless. It doesn't account for uncontested seats and that not everyone who voted for Obama voted a straight democrat ballot. I do agree with the general premise though. The district map around Cincinnati makes no sense except that it was designed to give republicans the greatest advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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|kennethmw| Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 John boner has West Chester and Huber Heights in his district! Any questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewdog Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='kennethmw' timestamp='1352514749' post='1179102'] John boner has West Chester and Huber Heights in his district! Any questions? [/quote] There is a Representative with a porn name in Washington? If this pisses you off so much, write him. Write Rob Portman too. Hell, go spend a night in the Golden Lamb in Lebanon and see if he is there, or maybe has a suggestion box. Last time I was in Huber Heights there was quite a cross sections of races. Now drive down the road to Stebbins, and not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewdog Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Upon further review, I looked up Huber Heights and the wiki page hasn't been updated since the 2000 Census. At that time it was 85% white and 10% Black. If you look further into the demographic, you see that most households are middle class families and the ages of the citizens are between 18-24. By taking into account all the stats, other than being largely white, the rest of the stats support groups that tend to vote for Obama. [quote] In the city 27.4% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $49,073, and the median income for a family was $53,579. Males had a median income of $40,099 versus $28,723 for females. The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_capita_income"]per capita income[/url] for the city was $20,951. About 4.2% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_line"]poverty line[/url], including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over. [/quote] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huber_Heights,_Ohio"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huber_Heights,_Ohio[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Boehner was my representative when I lived in Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewdog Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='CincyInDC' timestamp='1352537145' post='1179120'] Boehner was my representative when I lived in Oxford. [/quote] Do you find it odd the he is the speaker of the house, and Portman was almost the Vice Presidential candidate? Both from the same area in Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 And Ryan went to miami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewdog Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='MichaelWeston' timestamp='1352545366' post='1179124'] And Ryan went to miami [/quote] Maybe they all share the same prostitute that they cheat on their wives with. I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 No wonder he's a douche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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