"In the past, when the census has been greatly delayed ... that can create real problems with redistricting, but there’s really no way around it,” said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies. “The reality is, you may see a lawmaker get elected this year, who ends up outside the district after the lines are drawn for the election a year later.”
Stephen J. Farnsworth, Ph.D.
Political Science professor, focusing on the mass media, the presidency and Virginia politics
