It’s still only 2008, but political map-makers are apparently already looking ahead to the 2010 census and the redistricting games that will follow. After all, in some states, general elections this fall could lay some of the groundwork for exactly who will be drawing new maps in 2011.
Folks interested in the subject might wish to check out this article in Politics magazine, which goes into quite a bit of detail over the geographic calculus that could take place.