Word: redistrict
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Inept Performance. One reason for Mills's decline is that Arkansas (along with Mississippi, Vermont and West Virginia) has declined in population during the 1950s, while the total U.S. population was soaring. In the redistricting that will follow the 1960 census, Arkansas stands to lose two of its six House seats. With the state legislature under his control. Governor Orval Faubus will have the power to redistrict Wilbur Mills right out of the House, so Mills has had to avoid offending Faubus. Bowing to Faubus, Mills has been conspicuously protective toward Arkansas Congressman Dale Alford, outspoken segregationist...
Massachusetts Democrats desperately want the Republicans to run against Kennedy. Explains Adviser John Powers: "If he has an opponent he'll fight hard and the chances are he'll eat the whole Republican slate. We'll redistrict both the state and congressional districts. It will be the real second coming of the Mayflower...
Democrats also hope to gain additional seats in the battle to control the State House and Senate. They want to win control of the House, and keep control of the Senate to be able to redistrict the state to insure future Democratic victories...
Ever since the governorship of Elbridge Gerry in 1812, the shadow of that common political animal, the gerrymander, has hung over Massachusetts. Since the Federal Constitution leaves the designing of Congressional districts to the states, legislatures traditionally redistrict in the interests of the majority party. In Massachusetts, Republicans and Democrats have jockeyed for political advantage in redistricting since 1950, when the last Congressional reapportionment took place. Each party has attempted to gerrymander the other out of some of its Congressional seats, but neither has been able to pass a redistricting law, with the result that Massachusetts retains the same ungainly...