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We need people of values and principles in government - and their ranks seem to be shrinking. It's "politics as usual", in which the likes of Pelosi, Reid and Obama had their parts to play along with certain figures on the other side of the aisle, that prompted the formation of the T.E.A. Party. That's truly grass roots, fueled by being fed up with political game playing.
At least West has the courage to say that which makes others uncomfortable. Truth often has a way of doing that.
This is not going after west, this actually has to do with following a voter referendum that was passed in 2010 that called for the districts to be compact. Allen West's current district is an EXTREME gerrymander (as seen below) and is not even remotely compact. It was drawn after the 2000 census to try and help out the former GOP Congressman Clay Shaw who barely won re-election in 2000 representing a heavily Democratic district (Shaw later lost in the Dem wave of 2006).
Fact of the matter is West's district is in a heavily Democratic portion of the state. A Republican leaning district or even a marginal district even with a heavy GOP gerrymander can't be drawn there anymore with the voter passed compactness law.
This is not going after west, this actually has to do with following a voter referendum that was passed in 2010 that called for the districts to be compact. Allen West's current district is an EXTREME gerrymander (as seen below) and is not even remotely compact. It was drawn after the 2000 census to try and help out the former GOP Congressman Clay Shaw who barely won re-election in 2000 representing a heavily Democratic district (Shaw later lost in the Dem wave of 2006).
Fact of the matter is West's district is in a heavily Democratic portion of the state. A Republican leaning district or even a marginal district even with a heavy GOP gerrymander can't be drawn there anymore with the voter passed compactness law.
As long as that tea party hero is gone its fine with me.
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