Gerrymandering is a wonderful thing, and, as of 1/20/11, I can prove it—it confuses the Federal Government, even the new Speaker of the House, John Boehner.
The Republican Party drew the congressional districts here in Ohio after the 2000 census.
I vote in 2A here in Dayton, Ohio-- the following is an extract from the results posted by the Montgomery County (Ohio) Board of elections:
Date:11/23/10
Time:10:10:29
Page:67 of 330
Rep to Congress 8th Dist.
DAY 2-A
Reg. Voters Times Counted Total Votes John A. Boehner James J. Condit Jr. Justin A. ____________________________________________________________Coussoule

1679 ---------- 405 ----------- 395 -------- 182 46.08% ----- 10 2.53% ---------- 188 47.59%

Now, go to: http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml
There, entering my zip code (45403-1945) in the “Find Your Representative by ZIP” boxes, and clicking go, yields the return:
For the ZIP code area 45403-1945, the Representative is:
Michael R. Turner (R) Ohio 3rd

Then, go to: http://johnboehner.house.gov/Contact/
There, entering my zip code (45403-1945) and clicking on “go to next step” yields the return:
The page at johnboehner.house.gov says:
Sorry, that zipcode is for another district.

How long do you think it will take for the government to fix their computers?
and
Ain't politics grand for making a hash of representative government?