Define racial gerrymandering, and explain its current legal status.
What will be an ideal response?
define racial gerrymandering (district lines drawn to favor or disadvantage an ethnic or a racial group)
that it is one of three types of gerrymandering. Successful answers will highlight the fact that racial gerrymandering is a rather recent tactic (first used in 1982) and has produced controversial majority–minority districts. These districts have often been rejected by the courts because race cannot be the predominant factor in drawing congressional districts, although it may be taken into account. Recently, some of these majority–minority districts have been allowed because the court has been unable to disentangle racial gerrymandering from partisan gerrymandering.
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Candidates who win the presidency automatically have a policy mandate from the voters
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Cosmopolitan democracy presupposes that the nation-state is less important in an age when we are all citizens of the world
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A poll states that Hillary Clinton will receive 43 percent of the vote. There is an 8 percent margin of error. Is it a good poll? ?
a. It is a good poll, and the margin of error is small. b. It is a good poll, and the margin of error is acceptable. c. ?It is a nonrepresentative poll,and the margin of error is too high. d. The poll accurately predicts Clinton will receive 43 percent of the vote. ?
Define “delegation.”
What will be an ideal response?