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AP U.S. Government 1.2 Institutions of National Government. Which of the following statements about Wesberry v. Sanders is not true?
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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by one man one vote it's Why
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reality shows have a panel of judges All right which
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of the following statements about westbury v sanders is not
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true and hear the potential answers are so four of
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these air true one of them All right Well james
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westbury a citizen of fulton county georgia decided he'd had
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enough of governor karl e sanders plan for apportionment which
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basically means how congressional districts were divided in the state
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let's see how this kernel of an argument transformed the
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political landscape Was westbury v sanders a a court case
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addressing unequal congressional representation in georgia It sure wass westbury
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was frustrated that his district had grown so much in
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population that its lone congressman represented two to three times
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as many voters as other congressmen in less populated districts
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So we can very well eliminate a did westbury v
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sanders be result in increased congressional representation for urban areas
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Culture did the supreme court ruled that congressional districts must
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contain roughly the same number of people so urban areas
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found their congressional representation increasing alongside their growing populations Oh
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that pollsters b it westbury v sanders see contribute to
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the establishment of one man one vote while one man
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one vote refers to the idea that if we live
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in a similar district with the same number of representatives
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as a larger district our votes count for more so
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far district has say one hundred people and we've got
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one wrapped but another district has two hundred people and
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only one rap than our vote counts twice a cz
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much as those folks in the other district c the
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math there is very clever So the odds are against
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you as well Was the westbury v sanders ruling de
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similar to that in reynolds Be sims Will reynolds be
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sims which involved alabama state legislative district also dealt with
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the same one man one vote principal Both these neighbors
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can't decide on a plan that means westbury v sanders
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did not eat result in increased representation for poor rural
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areas like the other way around westbury v sanders leveled
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the charge that rural areas were actually overrepresented since they
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had the same number of congressmen for a lower overall
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population So is the correct answer This intervention by the
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supreme court reversed one aspect of gerrymandering Where states intentionally
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draw their districts to benefit incumbent candidates Looks like westbury 00:02:33.973 --> [endTime] took the path of least redistrict ints
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