Simply put, 2011 redistricting in Louisiana is likely to be ugly. A combination of factors make the 2011 redistricting a high stakes situation for both parties and will likely make the process a partisan fight. This series of articles will detail Louisiana redistricting with a general overview of the state followed by a close examination of… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Redistricting
Rose Institute Mentioned Twice in San Diego Union Tribune
Today’s San Diego Union Tribune online mentioned the Rose Institute in two separate articles. In an article about Congressman Brian Bilbray’s (R-50) 2010 reelection prospects: Squaring off against Busby is Solana Beach Councilman Dave Roberts (no, not the former Padres ballplayer), whose ability to raise funds ($153,000 in the last quarter) prompted the Rose Institute,… Continue Reading
Rose Institute in Sunday’s New York Times
The Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson was cited in an article in Sunday’s New York Times about Congressional redistricting in the San Francisco Bay Area. “That kind of stretching can help them keep their power, keep them focused on their base in their district,†said Douglas Johnson, who led a study of the numbers for the… Continue Reading
New York Times Endorses Idea of Independent Redistricting Commission in New York
Yesterday’s New York Times ran an editorial entitled “Gerrymandering, Pure and Corrupt” which explained how New York state legislators have used the process of redistricting in the past to gerrymander state legislature districts in ways that limit competition in elections and help the incumbents stay in office. Continue Reading
Redistricting: The Overlooked Impact of Tuesday Night in Virginia
Most of the coverage of Tuesday’s elections in Virginia has focused on the Republican sweep of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General offices. The story has centered on the turnaround of statewide candidates from 2008 when Democrats Barack Obama and Mark Warner were victorious in Virginia to less than a year later when Republican… Continue Reading
Florida Advances Redistricting Reforms
Florida is advancing two redistricting reform ballot initiatives for statewide voter approval in November 2010 but still needs more signatures before they will appear on the ballot. FairDistrictsFlorida.org, the author of the initiatives, is a nonpartisan organization that is seeking to reform the state’s process for drawing state legislative and congressional district lines by placing… Continue Reading
California: A 2010 Congressional Battleground?
Much of the recent work at the Rose Institute has focused on California redistricting in 2011 and how it may significantly change—even eliminate—certain districts, thereby forcing out several term incumbents in 2012. However, it is also important to consider which incumbents may not make it to 2012 because they lose in 2010. Several seats could… Continue Reading
Rose Institute Redistricting Study Mentioned in Sacramento Bee Article
The Rose Institute’s “The 2010 Census: Congressional Reapportionment” study was cited in an article in the Sacramento Bee by Dan Walters discussing Congressional Redistricting in 2011. Were congressional redistricting to follow changes in population during this decade, the Rose study determined, it would shift some seats from slow-growing Democratic urban areas along the coast to… Continue Reading
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Discusses Rose Institute Study on Redistricting
The Tuesday Inland Valley Daily Bulletin discussed the impact the 2010 Census will have on redistricting in 2011 by looking at the Rose Institute’s study “The 2010 Census: Congressional Reapportionment,” and quoting the Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson and Tony Quinn, a member of the Rose Institute’s Board of Governors. The population boom in the Inland… Continue Reading
Analysis of New Redistricting Regulations
As Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson recently posted on the Rose Report, the California State Auditor’s office has released the most version of the regulations governing the selection of commissioners for California’s 2011 Independent Redistricting Commission, as established by Proposition 11. Proposition 11 requires redistricting to be done not by the legislature itself as it… Continue Reading