Voting
With redistricting underway, citizens raise their voices about lack of representation
Strafford County has a problem when it comes to representation and redistricting. The county serves as the head of the dragon-shaped Executive Council District 2 – a visible example of how gerrymandering can “pack” like-minded voters, Democrats in this case, into a district that stretches across the state. But not all of the problems stemming […]
What will the new census data mean for the state’s two congressional districts?
When the U.S. Census Bureau released raw data for New Hampshire’s once-in-a-decade count, the numbers revealed a slowly diversifying state, whose population is growing in the Seacoast area but shrinking in the north and west. But the numbers also set the stage for a redistricting effort, one that could affect the state’s congressional representation. According […]