Log in rivas.erika 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to rivas.erika's post “How does the view of gerr...” How does the view of gerrymandering practices differ between Democrats and Republicans? • (12 votes) Christiana Woods 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Christiana Woods's post “What most important facto...” What most important factors influence congress? • (5 votes) Reece 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Reece's post “Look into the "iron trian...” Look into the "iron triangle", which shows the relationships between Congress, Interest Groups, and Bureaucratic Agencies(ex: FBI). It explains how these groups will do certain things to favor each other and mainly shows the influence of interest groups on Congress. For example, an Interest Group, may push for a Congressman to vote for a certain law that would help the Interest Group's policies, and in return the Interest Group would do things such as vote for the Congressman next election and donate funds to their campaign. Also pork-barreling (where Congressmen will do projects in their home districts to increase their chances of reelection)... and logrolling (where a Congressman will vote on another Congressman's bill, in order to get votes on his bill in return) (5 votes) polo malietufa 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to polo malietufa's post “Who is responsible for dr...” Who is responsible for drawing congressional districts every ten years? • (2 votes) Maritza Roberts 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Maritza Roberts's post “state legislators do the ...” state legislators do the redistricting, yet if they do not stand by the constitution and misuse the power to have a certain political party or race be the majority (which is unconstitutional) congress may take away that power and do redistricting themselves (5 votes) eden.bennett a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to eden.bennett's post “How does redistricting af...” How does redistricting affect the behavior of members of Congress? • (4 votes) alexwa94 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to alexwa94's post “How did the grid locks an...” How did the grid locks anything to do with • (3 votes) Marcie 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Marcie's post “Wouldn't the practice of ...” Wouldn't the practice of gerrymandering be going against the fourteenth amendment if a certain political district was based on race? • (2 votes) Reece 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Reece's post “In the case Shaw vs Reno ...” In the case Shaw vs Reno (1993), the Supreme Court ruled the gerrymandering solely on the basis of race was in fact UNCONSTITUTIONAL, and conflicted with the values of equality. However, judges did say that race can be used as a factor in drawing voting districts, but if race is the only factor used (such as in Shaw vs Reno), then it is a form of segregation and is unconstitutional. (3 votes) 10130614 a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to 10130614's post “what in 1901; establishin...” what in 1901; establishing both the "one-person, one-vote now you can vote more than once or how is the procedure now • (2 votes) Lydia Hawn a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Lydia Hawn's post “I think by "one-person, o...” I think by "one-person, one-vote" they didn't mean that one person voted more than once, just that because one district was smaller than another and their votes had equal say, it was like the smaller district had more than one vote. I hope that answers your question. (2 votes) schultze858 5 months agoPosted 5 months ago. Direct link to schultze858's post “Why has the Equle Rights ...” Why has the Equle Rights Amenment passed? • (2 votes) galbraithc26 5 months agoPosted 5 months ago. Direct link to galbraithc26's post “The ERA never was ratifie...” The ERA never was ratified. It had broad support but it didn’t manage got get 3/4ths of the states to ratify it like what it needed for an amendment. Eventually it faded out of the forefront and is not talked about too much today except in reference to the past. (2 votes) E. Bird {S/H} 9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to E. Bird {S/H}'s post “I wrote for the first que...” I wrote for the first question: Is this a good summery? I would like some feedback, even though it's probably locked in my notebook. • (2 votes) GlubTub 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to GlubTub's post “Redistricting may make di...” Redistricting may make districts more or less 'safe' for certain members of Congress. A Congress member who is in a safe district (one that he or she is likely to win in an election, based on the political party of the majority of constituents) may feel more empowered to take positions that constituents don't like. (1 vote)Want to join the conversation?
These are very influential in Congress as they deal with reelection and moving policy, and Congressmen always want to be reelected as much as they can to stay in Congress, and if they're in Congress they can pass laws.
(Hope this makes sense and is not too confusing :) )
Redistricting can cause representatives to focus on passing policy that pleases their constituents , and less on what may be overall greater for the good of society in the long run. It also creates areas of Congress to be wary over what policy is disatisying or satisfying their district, based on what their population is in favor of.
What are the differences between a congressperson acting like a trustee and a congressperson acting like a delegate?
Congresspeople that follow the trustee model will act on policy that they ideologically align with, and not necessarily what the people align with. Congresspeople that follow the delegate model act on policy that their constituents are in favor of.
How might ideological differences in Congress slow down the policymaking process?
Divided government in Congress can cause legislative gridlock, which is when members of Congress that have different ideology cannot compromise on certain issues, causing the policy to become stuck in Congress. Members of Congress may block policy that other members are working to pass, in order to satisfy what their constituents want.
"Redistricting can make sort of 'safe zones' for certain members of Congress, making them feel more confident in themselves and their partisanship. It can also be the opposite."
