Efficiency Gap

1.       How often are legislative boundaries redrawn? Every decade after the census

2.       Who selects the committee that does the work? The speaker of the house and the senate president pro tempore

3.       The last redistricting committee had how many Senators?  How many Representatives? Seven, eight

4.       Of the 15 total people how many were Democrats?  How many were Republicans? Three democrats 12 republicans

5.       What is the efficiency gap? A complex math problem that is supposed to determine whether gerrymandering is real or not

6.       What district is Langford in? 2

7.       How many of our district's representatives were Democrats? 0

8.       What % of voters are registered Democrats in South Dakota?  Republicans? 34% democrat 50% republican

9.       In 2018 South Dakota one of the main issues voters will vote on will be what? The current redistricting process

10.   If passed  (it failed last year) what would the changes to the committee be? It would be an independent commission

11.   How many people does the committee try to group in a district?  (within 5% anyways) 23262

12.   Do you think is good, bad, or unnecessary and explain why you feel that way. good the old system is terrible

13.   Look at the maps in the article.  What are 10 things changes/things that have changed over the years that surprised you/you learned from the maps/or possible questions you now have.  (You must use the maps for these),

a.       district 28 was huge

b.       district 6 was big then tiny

c.       district 2 got way bigger

d.       district 29 moved far

e.       district 27 changed then almost changed back

f.        district 5 was big then tiny

g.       why is district 28 huge and then divided into 28a and 28b

h.       also why is 26 split into a and b

i.         district 1 stayed pretty much the same

j.         21 went from tiny to big