Read the following article from The Washington Post about the impacts of redistricting on this most recent election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-gops-gerrymandered-advantages/2012/11/13/4785e4d6-2d2f-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html
WRITE A TWO PARAGRAPH SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE and then answer the following questions.
1. Why were the House districts changed for this election?
2.Why were Republicans able to draw the district lines?
3. If the Democratic Senators were winning statewide elections by such large margins, but the House seats were lopsided wins for Republicans, what do you know has happened during the redistricting of those states?
4. What is the disparity in Democrat vs. Republican seats in the states that Meyerson discussed?
5. How does the author defend Democratic gerrymandering in Illinois?
6. How does California's plan eliminate gerrymandering?
7. Why does he finish by saying that House Republicans do not have "a mandate" to carry out their policies?
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