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Redistricting Could Prolong the Democrats' Pain

By Michael Barone
Every 10 years, it's time for reapportionment and redistricting. The framers of the Constitution created the first regularly scheduled national census and required, for the first time that I am aware, that representation in a legislature be apportioned according to population. Reapportionment is automatic: A statutory formula takes the Census figures and apportions the 435 House districts among... (Read Full Article)

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