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'pack, crack and pair.'
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:23:45 GMT
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Is this democracy?
“A major reason legislative elections are becoming a charade is that the parties
that control the redistricting process now routinely follow the dictum of ‘pack,
crack and pair.’ They pack voters from the other party into a single district
and crack centers of opposition strength, dispersing opponents to districts
where they will be in the minority. They redraw lines so two incumbents from the
other party will wind up in one district, fighting for a single seat. Using
powerful computers, line-drawers can now determine, with nearly scientific
precision, how many loyal party voters need to be stuffed into any given
district to make it impregnable.”
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: 'pack, crack and pair.'
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| (...) Well, our government regularly (URL) changes our electoral boundaries>, and uses lots of statistics to tell us why it needs to be done. But I'm sure they have other stats they don't show us, which they use to work out the details... Lies, lies (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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