Question about congressional districts

[Lenape85]

Anyone find it kind of odd that several major cities in NJ are split between congressional districts. Newark is split between Payne and Menendez, Jersey City is split between Menendez and Rothman, Trenton is split between Smith and Holt, Woodbridge and Edison are split all over the place.

None of our cities are so large that they are too big for a single congressional district. What gives

[Osamasux]

1. It's not just the cities

Even some small towns are split (Freehold is in both the 4th and 12th, for example.) When they redrew the borders, they went strictly demographics from the computerized maps. Both sides are guilty. Their goal was seats. They didn't give a damn about how it impacted constituents.

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. It's all about Gerrymandering

But I'd say that no party has an advantage really...nothing like what the repukes did in Texas

[mcscajun]

3. Small comfort to me...

...I'm in the 11th Congressional District, which for all the years I've been living in it, has a Republican Congressman. Ugh.

I've written him countless letters on issues to absolutely no effect...I get the standard Repuke answers to all of them. Never expect anything else, either.

[Bemis]

4. Yep, its the Gerrymandering

Since the state legislature has usually been divided almost equally the districts are mainly geared to the incumbents. God forbid that they try to set the districts to encompass entire town and cities.