Gerrymandering and Bad Governance
James Silver and Sue Ellis produced an outstanding program on the effects of Gerrymandering's erosion of the foundations of democracy. American RadioWorks has the program called Carving Up The Vote, with audio,
but, you can read their excellent article, entitled, How Much Is Too Much, here.
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Incumbents appear to have many ways of dividing voters into groups so that a majority can never exist to ever hold politicians accountable.
Gerrymandering is another good example of incumbents stooping to any level to hold on to their cu$hy, coveted seats.
Posted by: d.a.n | November 30, 2005 10:53 PM