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		<title>Florida Gerrymandering</title>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to the Florida Department of Elections, as of March 31, 2022 the state wide party affiliation is:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-regular"><table><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Republican Party of Florida</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">F<strong>lorida Democratic Party</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Minor Party</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>No Party Affiliation</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Totals</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">5,145,983.00</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">5,034,448.00</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">256,560.00</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">3,871,336.00</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">14,308,327.00</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">36.0%</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">35.2%</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">1.8%</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">27.1%</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">100% </td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption>Totals reflect the number of active registered voters in the State of Florida.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Considering the No Party Affiliation is 27.1% and the Minor Parties are 1.8%, let&#8217;s compare difference between the Republican and Democratic Parties, combined together is 50.5% to 49.4%. This is a 1.1% difference.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Florida the Republican Governor rejected the State&#8217;s Legislators to submit his own Congressional map for them to approve, which they did. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-table aligncenter"><table><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Total Congressional Districts in Florida</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Republican Congressional Districts</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Democratic Congressional Districts</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>28</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">8</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With the difference between the Republicans and Democrats being 1.1%, one could reasonably assume a fair distribution of congressional districts to be equal or, at most, one district different. Even though the difference is near 1% the Republican have majority in 71.4% of the districts.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If at any point the government no longer represents the majority of the people, can one honestly say it is a democracy?</p>
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		<title>Gerrymandering</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[ger·ry·man·der /ˈjerēˌmandər/ verb:gerund or present participle: gerrymanderingmanipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class. &#8211; achieve (a result) [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>ger·ry·man·der</strong> /ˈjerēˌmandər/</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">verb:<br>gerund or present participle: <strong>gerrymandering</strong><br>manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.<br> &#8211; achieve (a result) by manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency. &#8220;a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want&#8221;</p>
<cite>Google</cite></blockquote>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How Gerrymandering works</h2>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Three examples</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">District 4 North Carolina</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This district in Florida stretches miles combining rural mostly democratic areas with high density population areas, mostly republican, along the beaches</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Florida District 5 stretches miles to combine African American or Black Alone into a single district. This allows three other districts to be dominated by fewer, but mostly white republican voters,.</p>



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