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brought to you by one man one vote it's Why

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reality shows have a panel of judges All right which

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of the following statements about westbury v sanders is not

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true and hear the potential answers are so four of

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these air true one of them All right Well james

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westbury a citizen of fulton county georgia decided he'd had

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enough of governor karl e sanders plan for apportionment which

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basically means how congressional districts were divided in the state

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let's see how this kernel of an argument transformed the

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political landscape Was westbury v sanders a a court case

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addressing unequal congressional representation in georgia It sure wass westbury

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was frustrated that his district had grown so much in

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population that its lone congressman represented two to three times

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as many voters as other congressmen in less populated districts

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So we can very well eliminate a did westbury v

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sanders be result in increased congressional representation for urban areas

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Culture did the supreme court ruled that congressional districts must

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contain roughly the same number of people so urban areas

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found their congressional representation increasing alongside their growing populations Oh

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that pollsters b it westbury v sanders see contribute to

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the establishment of one man one vote while one man

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one vote refers to the idea that if we live

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in a similar district with the same number of representatives

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as a larger district our votes count for more so

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far district has say one hundred people and we've got

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one wrapped but another district has two hundred people and

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only one rap than our vote counts twice a cz

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much as those folks in the other district c the

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math there is very clever So the odds are against

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you as well Was the westbury v sanders ruling de

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similar to that in reynolds Be sims Will reynolds be

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sims which involved alabama state legislative district also dealt with

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the same one man one vote principal Both these neighbors

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can't decide on a plan that means westbury v sanders

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did not eat result in increased representation for poor rural

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areas like the other way around westbury v sanders leveled

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the charge that rural areas were actually overrepresented since they

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had the same number of congressmen for a lower overall

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population So is the correct answer This intervention by the

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supreme court reversed one aspect of gerrymandering Where states intentionally

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draw their districts to benefit incumbent candidates Looks like westbury 00:02:33.973 --> [endTime] took the path of least redistrict ints

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