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apportionment, the process of gerrymandering would still remain in other states of the union.
So, perhaps, the matter of reapportionment following census counts should be addressed on a national basis. One doubts it will ever happen, although the idea seems to be a perfectly sensible one.
Instead, the present system is likely to continue, particularly so long as federal courts rule that blatant partisanship in the drawing of reapportionment plans is perfectly fine so long as one man, one vote provisions are followed and the Voting Rights Act is obeyed.
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The bad news for Virginia Democrats, though, is that no matter how they snake the lines to suit themselves, this state appears to becoming increasingly Republican in voting habits and not even gerrymandering of the worst sort will be able to turn back the tide for long. ■
(Editor’s note: John Goolrick is a longtime Fredericksburg political reporter and 7th District Congressional aide to Rep. George Allen.)
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