{"id":5684,"date":"2018-03-13T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=5684"},"modified":"2021-03-10T08:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:22:49","slug":"how-are-congressional-districts-drawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/united-states\/how-are-congressional-districts-drawn\/","title":{"rendered":"How are Congressional Districts Drawn?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-right kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;right&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;5684&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (4 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How are Congressional Districts Drawn?&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;138&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 138px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            5\/5 - (4 votes)    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.half{width:45%;float:left}<br \/><\/style>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/united-states\/how-are-congressional-districts-drawn\/attachment\/usa-map-how-are-congressional-districts-drawn\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5688\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/2018\/03\/usa-map-how-are-congressional-districts-drawn.jpg\" alt=\"US Map highlighting redistricting authority wise states\" width=\"800\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/2018\/03\/usa-map-how-are-congressional-districts-drawn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/2018\/03\/usa-map-how-are-congressional-districts-drawn-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/2018\/03\/usa-map-how-are-congressional-districts-drawn-700x599.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Constitution of the United States authorizes congressional and states legislative districts to be redrawn after each population census, held every ten years. The objective is to give people an equal and fair opportunity to voice their views, issues, and concerns through the person they elect to represent in the US Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Congressional redistricting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As of November 2017, state legislatures hold the responsibility of redistricting congressional districts in 37 of the 43 states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They include Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Independent commissions hold the responsibility in four states; Washington, Idaho, Arizona, and California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Political commissions redraw districts in two states; New Jersey and Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Remaining seven states are single district states and so, do not require districts to be redrawn. They include Delaware, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">State legislative redistricting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The state legislatures hold the responsibility of redistricting in 37 of the 50 states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Political commissions redraw districts in seven states; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, and Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Independent commissions redraw districts in six states; Montana, Idaho, Washington, California, Arizona, and Alaska.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What is a congressional district?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Each state is divided into political districts based on the number of registered people residing there. The objective of drawing up political districts in every state is to give people an equal opportunity to raise local issues and concerns through their elected representative in the House of Representatives. The House has 435 members, each representing one district in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Which state has the most congressional districts?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">California has the largest population, and therefore, it has 53 congressional districts, the maximum in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How does gerrymandering affect redistricting?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gerrymandering is the practice of redrawing congressional districts to favor one political party or individual over competing political party or individuals. Manipulating of political outcomes through redrawing district lines has been going on since 1812 when the Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry first resorted to this tactic to prevent the Federalists from winning the state senate election that year. Since that year, the practice is referred to as gerrymandering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It involves two tactics; cracking and packing. Cracking refers to the dilution of rival political party supporter\u2019s voting power while packing refers to consolidating the majority supporters of the opposing party into a single district to reduce the voting power of the majority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gerrymandering has also been used to dilute representation in majority areas based on racial, religious, linguistic, and ethnic grounds by packing voters into a single district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit the following to learn more about the USA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"half\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/usa\/usa-cities.html\">Major Cities in USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/usa\/usa-location-map.html\">US Location Map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"half\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/usa\/usa-capital-and-major-cities-map.html\">US Capitals and Major Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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