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Old 03-10-2009, 10:29 PM   #689
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui View Post
However, it still has a corrupting influence and, along with gerrymandering is the key to incumbancy protection

I'd say we see as much gerrymandering to benefit a party or potential allies as much as we see to protect a specific incumbent. That latter happens occasionally but the beneficiaries strike me as being people who aren't even in office yet as often as not.

A minor point to be sure, but something that caught my eye anyway.
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