From: "Gary Britt" 

It would have affected congressional representation as well, I assumed, but
it didn't necessarily have to do so directly.  Eventually it would have
either way.  It should have had the affect of getting more republicans over
time, I would have thought.

Gary


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> Armey's letter said the current districting helped secure the Republican
> majority in Congress.  I have to confess that I hadn't read the actual
> text of the proposition before that and had assumed that it referred
> only to the state legislature.
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:47:36 -0500, "Gary Britt"
>  wrote in message
:
>
> >Sweep the nation no.  Its actually not the way things should be except in
> >the case of California whose districting has gotten so out of whack that
the
> >proportion of democrats and republicans in the legislature doesn't even
come
> >close to reflecting the voting population.
> >
> >I was surprised to see Ellen's comment about Army, but he is a paid
lobbyist
> >now.  The state republicans for it probably have their seats pretty much
> >guaranteed to them and like the democrats in the state legislature put
their
> >personal interest over the state's interest.
> >
> >Once California got its districting straightened out for a decade or so,
> >they could go back to the usual and preferred method.  Right now
> >California's legislature is a bigger captive to limited special interests
> >than is Washington, and that's really saying something
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
> >news:2moen1hu3m2fe7lfs3qbsasr0urss42fmt{at}4ax.com...
> >> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:58:45 -0500, "Gary Britt"
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >> >I was really disappointed in the defeat of Arnie's 4 ballot
propositions.
> >> >Especially the one that would have put one man one vote
back into the
> >state
> >> >legislature.  What did Arnie do in your opinion to screw
this all up?
> >>
> >> I was hoping that his redistricting proposition would pass in
> >> California and then sweep the nation.
> >
> >
>

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