Friday, February 23, 2007

"A National System of Non-Partisan Redistricting"

Professor Bainbridges posits the idea, although acknowledges that he won't be holding his breath.

I have long felt that the system of politicized gerrymandering has left us with far too few competitive congressional districts and not very much turnover in the People's Chamber. With less than 10% of House seas being truly competitive in any given year and most of those are open seats, the current system needs to be examined. I think that the insertion of a predilection for competitive district drawing could help. I am not particularly enamoured of a national system, but if designed properly, I could keep an open mind abou the matter.

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