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Re: 'pack, crack and pair.'
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 28 Sep 2004 04:23:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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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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Well, our government regularly
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 and damn statistics.
ROSCO
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| Is (URL) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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