Redistricting Quotes
So the - the part of the problem is not just the rhetoric. It's the fact that we - we're so polarized in what we've done to each other as parties over the last thirty years in redistricting that it's very, very hard to overcome your own constituencies and move to the middle.
Tags: Done, Hard, Problem ✍ Author: Howard DeanRedistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.
Tags: Actions, Body, Purest ✍ Author: John EnglerIn the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats.
Tags: House, Republican, Successful ✍ Author: Thomas E. MannRedistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders).
Tags: Political, Risk, Themselves ✍ Author: Thomas E. MannWe plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers' unions and the trial lawyers and the various leftist interest groups, we intend to break them.
Tags: Another, Plan, Rather ✍ Author: Grover Norquist