Congressional reapportionment is the reallocation of the number of representative each state has in the House of Representatives. It is import ants to keep updated every ten years so that it is up to date with our societies population. This will help the states keep their number of electoral votes correct and their amount of influence balanced with their population. Congressional redistricting is the drawing or redrawing of house and congressional district lines within a state, it does not affect the senate. During redistricting politicians may gerrymander in the hopes of enhancing their political party's strengths or weakening the opposing party, or protecting their incumbents. When someone is gerrymandering to maximize their supporting votes they will try to either "pack" or "crack" their voters. This means they will either try to concentrate their voters into a single electorate district to reduce their influence in other districts, or they will try to spread out their voters among many districts. These tactics are often used together. The U.S. Supreme Court has required that districts must be equally populated and compact so that redistricting is fair.
2008-1) Congressional reapportionment and redistricting are conducted every ten years. When redistricting is conducted, politicians often engage in gerrymandering.
(a) Define congressional reapportionment and explain one reason why it is important to states.
(b) Define congressional redistricting.
(c) Explain two goals of politicians when they gerrymander during redistricting.
(d) Describe two limits that the United State Supreme Court has placed on congressional redistricting.
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