Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Pennsylvania's Congressional Districts

Facts:

  1. The first congressional district in Pa consists of part of both Delaware county and Philadelphia county.
  2. Pa's second district is represented by Chaka Fattah (D), who has been serving in the House of representatives since 1995.
  3. Pa's 5th congressional district is made up of parts of 17 different counties. It is represented by republican Glenn Thompson.
  4. A charge of Gerrymandering by democrat was brought up for the 6th congressional district of Pa. Democrats stated "looms like a dragon descending on Philadelphia from the west, splitting up towns and communities throughout Montgomery and Berks Counties."
  5. The population of the 7th congressional district of PA 646,522.
  6. Pa's 9th Congressional district is 59.39% rural and is considered to be a safe seat for republicans.
  7. Pa's 12th Congressional district is the only one in the nation that voted Democratic for Kerry in 2004, then in 2008 voted republican for McCain. 
  8. Pa's 14th district includes the entire city of Pittsburgh and is overwhelmingly democratic.
  9. Pa's 17th Congressional district consisting of 646,420 constituents has been represented by Democrat Tim Holden since 2003.
  10. Greensburg county included in the 18th district, even though represented by a republican has not voted republican since 1995.

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