Article: GOP research at Carnegie Mellon U. scrutinized

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(The Tartan) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- The recent discovery of politically grounded research at Carnegie Mellon University has brought heat upon the Republican Party of Pennsylvania and the University.

Between 1998 and 2001, the University received $526,000 for research to determine the optimal way to redistrict Pennsylvania to increase Republican influence in the U.S. House of Representatives. Due to statewide population loss, Pennsylvania was forced to eliminate two Congressmen in local districts -- one in Pittsburgh and one in Philadelphia.

Redistricting occurs every 10 years and remains at the discretion of whichever party holds a majority in state congress, in ...

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