Our Election Day Illusions: The Beat Majority, Part 1--Representation and Gerrymandering

Duration: 29

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Poses the problem of "unfair" representation in state legislatures. Illustrates the problem using as one example, Vermont, in which a representative for one rural district represents 80 persons while the representative of a city represents 30,000. Discusses the issue of re-apportionment and government by the will of the majority. Presents the views on representation of U.S. Senators Joseph Clark and Jack Miller; Governors Herschel Loveless, Leroy Collins, and Richard Scammon. Uses a cartoon sequence to explain the origin, meaning, and practice of gerrymandering. Presents the views of Joseph Carlino of the New York Assembly on gerrymandering. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow.

Complete Record: Poses the problem of "unfair" representation in state legislatures. Illustrates the problem using as one example, Vermont, in which a representative for one rural district represents 80 persons while the representative of a city represents 30,000. Discusses the issue of re-apportionment and government by the will of the majority. Presents the views on representation of U.S. Senators Joseph Clark and Jack Miller; Governors Herschel Loveless, Leroy Collins, and Richard Scammon. Uses a cartoon sequence to explain the origin, meaning, and practice of gerrymandering. Presents the views of Joseph Carlino of the New York Assembly on gerrymandering. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.