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Can you tell what’s wrong with this map of the United States? I’ll give you a hint: Look near the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. Spot the problem yet? A further hint: Look at the border of Wisconsin and Illinois as well as the Florida Panhandle. See it now? The Wisconsin-Illinois border is slightly more southern and the Florida Panhandle is slightly shorter. 
Corey Rogers's curator insight,
December 13, 2018 4:14 PM
The electoral college is such a mess that it shouldn't be relied on for figuring out the President. With the misrepresentation of the map and the continuous gerrymandering the United States should use the popular vote category instead of the Electoral College.
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Every 10 years, the Census Bureau calculates the exact center of the US population. Here's what that statistic shows about our history. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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"Most state borders were drawn centuries ago, long before the country was fully settled, and often the lines were drawn somewhat arbitrarily, to coincide with topography or latitude and longitude lines that today have little to do with population numbers. Most state borders were drawn centuries ago, long before the country was fully settled, and often the lines were drawn somewhat arbitrarily, to coincide with topography or latitude and longitude lines that today have little to do with population numbers." Tags: cartography, mapping, visualization, regions, gerrymandering, political, mapping, census, density.
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A brief overview of crimes against geography in the 113th Congress.
Yvonne Pierce's curator insight,
July 13, 2019 10:21 PM
It will be very interesting to see how the districts change after the Census 2020. Eyes wide open to gerrymandering.
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A federal panel called the 2011 redrawing of Wisconsin Assembly districts an unconstitutional gerrymander, ruling in a case that could go to the Supreme Court. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.
Lucas Olive's curator insight,
April 28, 2017 8:19 PM
This article relates to what we have been learning in class because it talks about how gerrymandering works and how it manipulates political geography. My opinion on this topic is that it's a big problem for people who oppose the side that is gerrymandering and it's really unfair to the opposing side.
Kassie Geiger's curator insight,
April 30, 2017 9:35 PM
This is related to world cultural geography by the word gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. Gerrymandering is completely and utterly unfair to the powerless party. The process is practically setting up zones of people who are, for instance, democratic, that means that particular county (region, district, etc.) is democratic majority and possibly have republican minority, therefore the democrats win that county (region, district, etc).
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Charts showing how Americans have moved between states for 112 years.
samantha benitez's curator insight,
November 22, 2014 2:51 PM
Charts showing how Americans have moved between states for 112 years. helps show the nature of change around the United States and its impact in the enviorment. |
