Slideshow on “Geography of elections” for Political Geography – © Mark M. Miller, Dept. of Geography & Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

1. Miller, Nicholas. University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrieved
3/27/06:
http://research.umbc.edu/~nmiller/POLI100/GERRYMANDER.JPG
Political Geography:
Geography of Elections
© Mark M. Miller
World Regional Geography
Dept. of Geography & Geology
The University of Southern Mississippi
Boston: 1812

2. •Reapportionment
•Redistricting
•Gerrymandering
•Even population distribution
•Geographical compactness vs. fairness

7. •Reapportionment
•Redistricting
•Gerrymandering
•Even population distribution
•Geographical compactness vs. fairness

8. •President / Prime Minister
•Bicameral Congress
•Electoral College

10. Magruder’s American Government. Retrieved 3/27/06:
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/Magruders/2001/internet_u
pdates/images/chapter10_mississippi.jpg

12. Miller, Nicholas. University of Maryland Baltimore
County Retrieved 3/27/06:
http://research.umbc.edu/~nmiller/POLI100/GERRYM
ANDER.JPG
The “Gerry-Mander” (1812)

13. Gerrymandering terminology:
•Wasted vote technique (“cracking”)
•Excess vote technique (“packing’”)

16. Campoy, Ana. Hispanic Democrats Set Sights
on New Texas Seat. Wall Street Journal.
August 18, 2011:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405311
1904253204576512602687640020.html

17. Manifold. Retrieved 3/27/06:
http://www.manifold.net/products/mfd50pro/mfd50pr
o.html

18. Wikipedia. Florida's 5th congressional district. Retrieved
November 12:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida's_5th_congressional_dist
rict

19. Morrill, Richard. 1981. Political
Redistricting and Geographic
Theory. Association of American
Geographers. (p. 12)

20. Delta Regional Authority. Retrieved
3/27/06:
http://www.dra.gov/MAPS/MS/MSM
APSPopulation.php

21. Mississippi Official and Statistical
Register 2004-2008. Retrieved 3/27/06:
http://www.sos.state.ms.us/ed_pubs/Blu
eBook/2004-2008_bluebook.pdf

22. Mississippi Official and Statistical
Register 2004-2008. Retrieved 3/27/06:
http://www.sos.state.ms.us/ed_pubs/Blu
eBook/2004-2008_bluebook.pdf

23. Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 2008-2012. Retrieved
9/24/13 (still the latest version, apparently):
http://www.sos.state.ms.us/ed_pubs/BlueBookLow/Index.asp

24. The Electoral College

25. Winner take all method
vs.
Congressional District Method (“Maine-Nebraska Method”)

26. 2012 Presidential Election
Outside the Beltway. November 8, 2012:
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/2012-election-county-by-county/ Originally in
USA Today

27. Retrieved 9/25/2012:
http://www.nationalp
opularvote.com/index
.php

28. A few examples of arguments in favor of keeping the Electoral
College:
•Written into the Constitution
•Stick with the devil you know
•Reinforces the two party system & its relative stability
•Sudden death of a candidate
•Potentially enhances power of minority vote