Redistricting Game

The Redistricting Game was very interesing to play. The main issue during the game was the topic of gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is in a sense cheating. The game proves to us how easily candidates can manipulate the election making the candidate that you want to win. Gerrymandering is unjust, and should be illegal. This game is a proof that politics now a days are not always what we think they are, and never garuntee everything they say they are going to do for the citizens, and supporters of that political party. Without equal population districts, voting would not be fair, and politics would not be just when it comes time for an election in regaurds to who is selected.
This week in class we discussed many interesting topics. We first talked about Hmong who said that we relyed in information from our allies during the Vietnam War. Next, we discussed on how we are apart of a map imersed society. Everyday we are surrounded by some sort of map, or some sort of geography. Reference maps are fast, on the internet, used to get directions from A to B, provide location and direction, and can be an invatory. Often times reference maps are used to lie. The other type of map we discussed were data/thematic maps. Data/thematic maps look at place and the characteristics in that place. Housing, population, and income are intensible, and fall under the category of data/thematic maps. When in the process of making a map you need to think about labeling and design. As the week came to a close Julio was able to find out an immense amount of information about the students in class with just our address. With your name, address, zipcode, or telephone number, you can find out a lot of information on that person.