Comments on: Supreme Court to Rule on NC Minority Voting Rights http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2008/03/17/supreme-court-to-rule-on-nc-minority-voting-rights/ Your political road for the Carolinas. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: cmitchz http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2008/03/17/supreme-court-to-rule-on-nc-minority-voting-rights/#comment-868 cmitchz Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:34:48 +0000 http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2008/03/17/supreme-court-to-rule-on-nc-minority-voting-rights/#comment-868 Districts should be drawn with only general population numbers in mind, IMO, and the electoral chips should be allowed to fall wherever they may. "aren’t they then receiving fair representation as opposed to a district that is very mixed and polarized and the representative is elected by only a slim majority?" 'Fair' has to be defined by the individual, but competitive districts force their representatives to defend their actions. When is the last time Mel Watt had to defend any one of his actions, even those that are surely the opposite the views of his constituents (homosexual marriage, for example)? Districts should be drawn with only general population numbers in mind, IMO, and the electoral chips should be allowed to fall wherever they may.

“aren’t they then receiving fair representation as opposed to a district that is very mixed and polarized and the representative is elected by only a slim majority?”

‘Fair’ has to be defined by the individual, but competitive districts force their representatives to defend their actions. When is the last time Mel Watt had to defend any one of his actions, even those that are surely the opposite the views of his constituents (homosexual marriage, for example)?

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