How many congressmen are convicted of crimes?
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in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: official corruption, political corruption
Gerrymandering explained
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in Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: democratic elections, gerrymandering, malapportionment, political accountability, political corruption



Politicians redraw the electoral boundaries to maximize their support in the newly created district. The obvious outcome is that you can get more seats for less votes.
The gerrymander is named after 19th-century Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry. After Gerry took office in 1810, his Democratic-Republican party redrew the map of the state’s Senate districts in a particularly dramatic and unusual manner to weaken the opposing Federalist Party.

Gerry is less famous for signing the Declaration of Independence and refusing to sign the Constitution because it initially didn’t include a Bill of Rights.
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