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M l MONDAY JUNE 26.2017WISCONSIN STATE JOURNALANALYSIS I REDRAWING AMERICAFour of 10 state Houseor Assembly candidatesnationwide had no majorparty opponent last fallDAVID A. UIBAssociated PressWhen voters cast ballots for state representatives last fall, millions of Americansessentially had no choice: In 42 percent of all such elections, candidates faced no major party opponents.Political scientists say a major reason for the lack of choices is the way districts are drawn - gerrymandered, in some cases, to ensure as many comfortable seats as possible for the majority party by creating otherdistricts overwhelmingly packed with voters for the minority party.“With an increasing number of districts being drawn to deliberately favor one party over another — and with fewer voters indicating an interest in crossover voting — lots of potential candidates will look at those previous results and come to a conclusion that it’s too difficult to mount anelection campaign in a district where their party is the minority,” said John McGlen-DAVID GOLDMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESSnon, a longtime professor of government Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, center, is greeted Jan. 9 on the House floor on the first day of the legislative session in Atlanta.1 Iftil11r it rill •
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