Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
An Introduction
This blog is meant to cover everything Massachusetts, especially the politics. I had hoped to do this on Blue Mass Group, but unfortunately, couldn’t get an account because of some technical problem (hint to BMG: fix this glitch). I was inspired to write this blog when I looked up the residences of each MA Congressman, and realized several issues with redistricting. These are: 1) 5 of our 10 Congressmen live within 10 miles of the State House. 2) SE Mass. has no representative that lives in it. All of it is represented by 3 Congressmen: Bill Delahunt, of Quincy; Barney Frank, of Newton (both within 10 miles of the State House; Delahunt is within 5); and Jim McGovern, of Worcester.
5 Reps live within the first circle; 6 within the second
This makes redistricting hard, since Southeastern MA pretty much gets screwed no matter what, and inside 128 gets disproportionately represented (in the interest of full disclosure, I live within 128). This, combined with the “slice of the pie” districts makes redistricting incredibly difficult. I intend to be your #1 source for MA redistricting news, both speculative and actual news. I will also cover other random things about Massachusetts politics and geography
Here is a map I’ve created of the residences of every Congressman in MA:
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