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Mississippi Redistricting 1977-1980, Thomas B. Hofeller
Mississippi Redistricting 1977-1980, Thomas B. Hofeller
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This is a study of the 1977-78 redistricting of the Mississippi State Legislature. It was a process that saw the culmination of a struggle between the civil rights forces and the "Establishment" in Mississippi, but its origins span almost the entire period of the "reapportionment revolution" in the United States.
California Congressional Reapportionment, Thomas B. Hofeller
California Congressional Reapportionment, Thomas B. Hofeller
CGU Theses & Dissertations
We now find ourselves at the end of the first redistricting following the so called "Reapportionment Revolution." There is, however, considerable disagreement defining its scope and the wisdom of its continuation. This paper reviews the effects of this revolution on this state. It outlines the development of the Court's involvement in redistricting and discusses the virtues of the Court's resistance of further involvement in this difficult question.
California's congressional redistricting history is reviewed from statehood to the present. Special attention is given to 1965, 1971, and 1973. The role of the computer is reviewed, both as an academic and political …