(A) Congressional reapportionment: The process of relocating the number of representatives allocated to a state. One main reason why this is important to the states is because the people want their representation in congress to be as big as possible.
(B) Congressional redistricting: The drawing or redrawing of House district lines.
(C) Two goals a politician might have when gerrymandering are increasing minority representation and decreasing opposition strength. For instance, a minority neighborhood in a large city might have previously been part of a larger district, but a politician might make it its own district to increase minority representation. If a politician wanted to break up opposition support, he might slip a neighborhood that was mostly one party, and make that party the minority in several other districts. Politicians redistrict to increase their support which is also known as gerrymandering.
(D) One restriction that the supreme court has placed on congressional redistricting is that district lines cannot be drawn solely based on race meaning that a neighborhood that is mainly hispanic cannot create its own district. District lines also make it so that there could not be two separate neighborhoods which become the same district unless they are connected.
2008-1) Congressional reapportionment and redistricting are conducted every ten years. When redistricting is conducted, politicians often engage in gerrymandering.
(a) Define congressional reapportionment and explain one reason why it is important to states.
(b) Define congressional redistricting.
(c) Explain two goals of politicians when they gerrymander during redistricting.
(d) Describe two limits that the United State Supreme Court has placed on congressional redistricting.
