A Congressional District that only a snake or a Demodonkey can love! (party affiliation, Mexican)

[ArtinChicago]

Is there a more jerrymandered congressional district in all of the United States?
I submit the 4th Congressional District represented by Congressman Louis Guitierrez for your perusal!

Illinois’s 4th Congressional District & Map (IL-4) - GovTrack.us

[AeroGuyDC]

Corruption in action. That's what that is.

[Frankie117]

Unfortunately gerrymandering is a common practice, and thus far has been approved by the courts.

North Carolina's 12th is pretty funky:

North Carolina̢۪s 12th Congressional District & Map (NC-12) - GovTrack.us

So is Maryland's 3rd..

Maryland̢۪s 3rd Congressional District & Map (MD-3) - GovTrack.us

Another one out of Illinois (17th):

Illinois̢۪s 17th Congressional District & Map (IL-17) - GovTrack.us

[thecoalman]

They should be drawn by a computer, put the populations in, set some basic boundaries such as if you have natural boundaries you might want to keep and let it do it's thing.

[nvxplorer]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

They should be drawn by a computer, put the populations in, set some basic boundaries such as if you have natural boundaries you might want to keep and let it do it's thing.

Agreed. Some type of geographical formula should be used. All demographics - especially party affiliation - should be excluded.

[monkeywrenching]

it just goes to show that some politicians could not get elected without some extra help from the people who do the redistricting.

[Frank DeForrest]

No doubt the slimy leftist Guitierrez would have liked his district to extend all the way down to Mexico.
Chicago politicos are shameless and actually proud of their corrupt ways, I mean c'mon, they had a "made man" on the city council at one time.
And after decades of brazen and entrenched corruption , there is no "voting them out" any longer.

[ArtinChicago]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

No doubt the slimy leftist Guitierrez would have liked his district to extend all the way down to Mexico.
Chicago politicos are shameless and actually proud of their corrupt ways, I mean c'mon, they had a "made man" on the city council at one time.
And after decades of brazen and entrenched corruption , there is no "voting them out" any longer.

"Guilty" is Puerto Rican, more of his constituents are of Mexican-American descent. Many more minority ethnic groups are in his district by strictly happenstance or the luck of the "drawing".
I wonder how many Mex-Americans or other minority ethnics feel properly represented or under-represented by Guilty?

This district was drawn for one and only one reason.

Most of this congressional districts "previously know as neighborhoods" were forcibly "taken over" by violence and some "unwritten law" that required one ethnic group to accept another through the "right" of an ?American? to live wherever he or she pleases. Fairness in Housing!
This resulted in the destruction and flight of the original group being completely taken over and subjugated by the "invading" group.
City, Local, County, State and Federal enforcement of ?fair? housing codes encouraged these situations in the name of some "unattainable" Diversity and resulted in what were previously viable neighborhoods into the GHETTOS that they have become today.

This is your "Melting Pot" America.

America is NOT a Melting Pot. It is a composite of many diverse groups struggling for their little piece of the pie, sometimes at cross purposes with neighboring groups.

?Fair? housing did NOT result in any "melting pot" or "cultural diversity"!
It has in many ways led to the destruction of neighborhoods and created ghettos where demagogues like Guilty can spout his anti-American venom.

[KevK]

Originally Posted by ArtinChicago

Is there a more jerrymandered congressional district in all of the United States?
I submit the 4th Congressional District represented by Congressman Louis Guitierrez for your perusal!

Illinois’s 4th Congressional District & Map (IL-4) - GovTrack.us

Mine is not much better. It was drawn to make a "black" district in what was a white district formerly represented by Bob Barr.
Georgia’s 13th Congressional District & Map (GA-13) - GovTrack.us

I am of the view that Congressional districts should not favour any person or party, they should be largely square or rectangular and not split communities of common interest if possible.

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

No doubt the slimy leftist Guitierrez would have liked his district to extend all the way down to Mexico.
Chicago politicos are shameless and actually proud of their corrupt ways, I mean c'mon, they had a "made man" on the city council at one time.
And after decades of brazen and entrenched corruption , there is no "voting them out" any longer.

Oh, for god's sake, gerrymandering of Congressional districts is pandemic across the country where both Republican and Democratic state legislatures play loose and easy with insuring that incumbents have nice safe districts to represent. Singling out this or that district misses the point completely.