Vanderbilt Law Professor and Mathematician Proposes Fairer Method of Dividing up U.S. House Districts
U.S. Newswire, February, 2008
To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Jennifer Johnston of Vanderbilt University, 1-615-322- NEWS, Jennifer.johnston@vanderbilt.edu
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California has long influenced congressional and electoral politics because of the large number of seats it holds in the U.S. House. Paul Edelman, professor of mathematics and law at Vanderbilt, proposes a different method for apportionment that is much closer to the one person, one vote ideal set forth by the courts.
Using Edelmans method, the districts would be divided up based on state populations. Based on data from 2000, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, Utah and Mississippi would each gain one seat; Texas, New York, Florida, Ohio and North Carolina would lose one; and California...
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