Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or practice of rearranging (a State or other territory) into new electoral districts.
Wiktionary
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of redistrict.
Examples
“Drawing new boundaries is such a divisive task that veteran neighborhood leader Margaret May admitted at a recent public hearing, I hate it when I hear the word 'redistricting.”
“Btw, when one studies gerrymandering, merely comparing pre and post any given period of redistricting is worthless given that the district was already gerrymandered before the redistricting.”
“The passage of Open Primaries will change that soon but the lines need to be drawn to create more competitive districts -- especially when redistricting is a once-in-a-decade occurrence.”
The Huffington Post: Edward Headington: Reforming California Measure by Measure
“Markell, who was elected in 2008, heads into a critical midterm election where control of redistricting is on the line.”
““Remember: in redistricting, we count people, not citizens.””
Immigration Tops Latinos’ Wish List at D.C. Meeting - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“The outcome of the gubernatorial elections could have effects stretching out a decade as states begin redistricting following the 2010 Census.”
The Washington Post: Republicans make gains in governorships
“With Ohio set to lose two congressional seats in redistricting next year and primed to be at the center of the 2012 presidential fight, controlling the governorship is of critical importance.”
“The governors 'races have been overshadowed by the battle for Congress, but they are equally important this fall given the implications for the 2012 presidential race and the role governors play in redistricting, which will take place next year.”
“Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax), who chairs a committee that will lead the process in the Senate, said the legislature's best hope for smooth redistricting is an informal agreement to accept the other's formula.”
The Washington Post: Redistricting in Virginia is contentious and early
“Republicans and Democrats in the region long have complained that Northern Virginia doesn't get its fair share of state dollars, and redistricting is expected to have some impact on how state funds are allocated.”
The Washington Post: Redistricting in Virginia is contentious and early
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘redistricting’.
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POL - legislation
US Congress/Senate + Westminster + European Parliament usage
across the desk, act, action, adjournment, adjournment sine die, adoption, advise and consent, amendment, analysis of the b..., apportionment, appropriation, appropriations limit and 652 more...
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POL - elections
weak democracy, stand a chance ag..., whistle stop, special interest ..., voting machine, trumpeting support, voting power, to court votes, war chest, short-term observ..., soak-the-rich lef..., term of office and 930 more...
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US - Congress vocabulary
population shift, symbolic represen..., logrolling, pocket veto, personal judgment, pork barrel, televise, elected official, reapportionment, redistribute, cloture, standing committee and 70 more...
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Politrix
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
vexillology, blowback, impunity, extraterritoriality, plenipotentiary, filibuster, pundit, jingoistic, gerrymander, swiftboat, espionage, ipsedixitism and 151 more...
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I'm Struggling
A list of examples of writing that I'm struggling to like, usually due to poor wording, unclear intention, weasel quality or stylistic failure.
Edit: Now with dicky diction too!funding exclusion, impactful, dispersed, pornify, squinkered, uticated, sherpa, redistributive, wittol, redistricting, unconference, storaging and 29 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for redistricting.
reesetee Who knew it was possible for the NYC legislature to become more dysfunctional? Jun 10, 2009
bilby "Monday's stunning switch in party control of the New York state Senate will trigger a wide array of consequences, from complicating efforts to deal with the state's fiscal challenges to possibly helping Republicans curb their losses in post-2010 congressional redistricting."
- Louis Jacobs, New York's Legislature Gets Even More Dysfunctional, nationaljournal.com, 9 June 2009. Jun 10, 2009