Competition, Communities Dominate Redistricting Reactions
Perhaps Angelo Ancheta , a member of California's Citizens Redistricting Commission , didn't know he was invoking the memory of one of the state's legendary politicians last week as the panel finished its work -- a politician who took great pride as a master of the gerrymander."I'm looking at the screen in front of us, and I think that's a work of art," said Ancheta, a Santa Clara University law professor, in praising the commission's newly drawn congressional districts.
And yet it was hard not to flash back to a 1981 quip reportedly made by a different Bay Area map drawer, the late Rep. Phil Burton . The iconic Democrat described the congressional districts he had helped craft as "my contribution to modern art."
Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And that, perhaps, helps explain some of the early reactions to the state's newly drawn political boundary lines. It's probably to assume the following: if you hate your local politicians... and if California's new political maps spell doom for the incumbents in your area... you're a happy camper. If what you define as your own "community" got sliced and diced into separate districts... you're ticked off.
For everyone in-between, including California's political junkies, there's still an awful lot to ponder of the commission's choices for congressional , Assembly , Senate , and state Board of Equalization districts. Barring any last minute defections of support from the commissioners, those maps will be certified on August 15.
Some points worth noting:
Competition Yes. Lots? Doubtful: The dominant theme of the 2008 campaign that created the citizens redistricting panel, as I reported at the time , was that "fair" maps would end the decade-long decline in competitive elections. On this morning's KQED program Forum , political scientist (and Assembly redistricting advisor in the 1981 redistricting dominated by the aforementioned Rep. Burton) Bruce Cain said there was an "obsession" with how the new maps may spell doom to incumbents. Perhaps, but it's worth noting that incumbency -- especially among the state's members of Congress -- has been a powerful firewall; only one sitting congressman has lost his job in recent memory.
Assessing the likelihood of competition first requires some calibration of voter registration data.
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