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A 4 page discussion of the manner in which California voting districts are configured. The author contends that although the incumbent representatives of the various districts may seem extreme under some interpretations, that is to be expected given the voting base of their particular district. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: AM2_PPcalPol.rtf
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the United States. California State Assembly and Senate members are charged with representing the interests of each of these groups. This can be a difficult charge. Given
that it is the people that elect these representatives, however, it could be theorized that those that they elect are at least partially in-sync with the voters interests. The
various races, ethnicities, and cultures that make up California are not uniformly distributed throughout the state. It is logical to assume that voting districts that had high populations of Hispanics
and blacks would vote in representatives that were well abreast of these groups interests. A the same time, however, these elected legislators must represent their Districts mainstream population as
well. This presents a number of challenges that our existing incumbents seem incapable of meeting. These incumbents were, however, voted into office by the majority of their districts
so it must be assumed that they were voted in because they were perceived as best addressing voter concerns. Coleman (2004)
observes that, according to the 2000 Census, Californias 34 million citizens are characterized more by racial and cultural diversity than uniformity. Some 46.7 percent are white, 34.4 percent are
Hispanic, and 6.7 percent are black (Coleman, 2004). More and more of those citizens it seems, however, are trying more to escape being identified by race than condoning such
identification. Coleman (2004) notes that the idea of a: "colorblind society has a visceral
appeal with the children of baby boomers who may feel burdened by race, new immigrants who dont want to be saddled with a racial designation and biracial young people who
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