A major part of voting and elections is the process of representation. There are many different types of representation and all of them have their own specifics and processes. Particular representation may also be known as, a representative democracy. This type of representation is tied very closely to place and space and focuses mainly on small areas such as dis

There are different ways to be represented but also different systems of representation. In a single-member district only one person is elected to represent. This representation implies a direct geographical link between the representative and the district they represent. Each representative is accountable primarily to the voters from the district that elected them. Many of these representatives concentrate closely on issues that affect their territory while other issues may not be of importance to them. Another system of representation is call the plurality system of voting/elections. In this system whichever candidate receives the majority of the vote wins. If there are two candidates, then 51% wins, if there are three candidates then 34% of the vote wins the election. The amount to win the election depends on the number of candidates, the more candidates running then the less of the vote needed to win. The United States incorporates both of these systems into one. With both of these systems and usually only two candidates in the United States, 49% of the voting population does not get represented.

On the micro level of the geography of elections, there are many more complicated problems and issues that are present here than in the macro level. On the micro level, gerrymandering is a problem that began in the 1800's and is still a problem today. Gerrymandering is a term used for the deliberate distortion of boundary lines for political purposes. Gerrymandering can be used in a number of different ways. The boundary lines can be drawn to concentrate a certain political power or can be drawn to spread up the support of the competition. Whichever way it is intended to be, gerrymandering has be used by Democrats, Republicans, in crowed cities, rural areas, and in traditional, moralistic and individualistic political cultures. Gerrymandering is not the only problem that is present today in U.S. politics. The reapportionment of districts has also created controversy in the United States. Still in the twentieth century many states refused to redraw their congressional or legislative district boundaries. In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled in Baker vs. Carr, that any state;s failure to redraw malapportioned districts violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

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