Gerrymandering

Examines the history and ongoing use of the process of drawing of congressional districts as a means of manipulating election outcomes and securing political power. Focuses on the 2008 effort in California to remove redisctricting authority from the state legislature and provides historical and contemporary examples of how gerrymandering has affected individual politicians and voters in their states.

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"Gerrymandering is defined as the carving up of a state into districts in a way that allows one political party to gain more clout than another. It has also been called the most effective way to manipulate an election's outcome short of outright fraud. Focusing on the fight to pass Proposition 11 -- drafted to give redistricting power to a bipartisan rather than legislative group -- this documentary explores the ethical implications of gerrymandering and looks at some historical examples of how the practice has been used. The experience of assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who was redistricted out of his own territory by a threatened incumbent; the dramatic response of House Democrats to proposed redistricting in Texas; and how redistricting impacted Barack Obama's political career are all explored with insights from political figures, legal experts, journalists, and activists. With Lani Guinier, of Harvard Law School, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger."
"Every decade, the major political parties gear up for a cartographic war that determines who gets to control Congress for the next ten years, and possibly more. It is the ultimate political weapon: the ability to directly determine the outcomes of elections. This practice, gerrymandering, is perfectly legal. Gerrymandering exposes the most effective form of manipulating elections short of outright fraud."
"Examines the history and ongoing use of the process of drawing of congressional districts as a means of manipulating election outcomes and securing political power. Focuses on the 2008 effort in California to remove redisctricting authority from the state legislature and provides historical and contemporary examples of how gerrymandering has affected individual politicians and voters in their states."@en
"Examines the framework of our democracy and how it provides our politicians a legal way to control electoral outcomes--"@en
"Every decade, the major political parties gear up for a cartographic war that that determines who gets to control Congress for the next ten years, and possibly more. It is the ultimate political weapon: the ability to directly determine the outcomes of elections. This practice, gerrymandering, is perfectly legal. Gerrymandering exposes the most effective form of manipulating elections short of outright fraud."@en
"Gerrymandering is defined as the carving up of a state into districts in a way that allows one political party to gain more clout than another. It has also been called the most effective way to manipulate an election's outcome short of outright fraud. Focusing on the fight to pass Proposition 11 - drafted to give redistricting power to a bipartisan rather than legislative group - this documentary explores the ethical implications of gerrymandering and looks at some historical examples of how the practice has been used. The experience of assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who was redistricted out of his own territory by a threatened incumbent; the dramatic response of House Democrats to proposed redistricting in Texas; and how redistricting impacted Barack Obama's political career are all explored with insights from political figures, legal experts, journalists, and activists. With Lani Guinier, of Harvard Law School, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger."