Why the Census Is Important

Gerrymandering is to redistrict to give your party an unfair advantage. Before the 2000 redistricting, Texas voters cast a strong majority of votes for Republican candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives but the actual Lone Star State Congressional districts--gerrymandered by over a century of one party Democrat rule--elected more Democrats than Republicans to Congress from Texas. Now under the lines drawn by Tom DeLay and the GOP, a majority of Republican votes in Texas results in a majority of Republican congressman from that state. Which was the fairer result?

Oldest & Wisest of VA 8:51AM February 24, 2009