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How Michigan Turned Blue in '22--by ending gerrymandering
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<blockquote data-quote="FenderTL5" data-source="post: 76996280" data-attributes="member: 388072"><p>A fairly drawn district would meet the criteria of having the correct number of citizens represented (all districts within the state being roughly the same size numericly) and be geographically centered as possible.</p><p></p><p>The goals when drawing a district are as varied as the state legislatures. An example could be; sometimes there is a goal to create a minority district, sometimes there is a goal to eliminte a minority district.</p><p></p><p>The 2020 version in our state, one goal was to eliminate representation from the state's largest city. (the state legislature and the city have a quasi fued that has been taking place for years over a variety of topics, such as funding for a new sports stadium. The city refused to allocate taxpayer money - the state is forcing the city to do so).</p><p><a href="https://wpln.org/post/republican-led-redistricting-effort-passes-congressional-map-splicing-davidson-into-three-districts/" target="_blank">The city was split into three segments</a>, then the boundaries were extended to the NE, NW, and South as far as possible to ensure that the city's three representatives came from rural communities miles from the city itself. Thus flipping one democratic seat into three republican seats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FenderTL5, post: 76996280, member: 388072"] A fairly drawn district would meet the criteria of having the correct number of citizens represented (all districts within the state being roughly the same size numericly) and be geographically centered as possible. The goals when drawing a district are as varied as the state legislatures. An example could be; sometimes there is a goal to create a minority district, sometimes there is a goal to eliminte a minority district. The 2020 version in our state, one goal was to eliminate representation from the state's largest city. (the state legislature and the city have a quasi fued that has been taking place for years over a variety of topics, such as funding for a new sports stadium. The city refused to allocate taxpayer money - the state is forcing the city to do so). [URL='https://wpln.org/post/republican-led-redistricting-effort-passes-congressional-map-splicing-davidson-into-three-districts/']The city was split into three segments[/URL], then the boundaries were extended to the NE, NW, and South as far as possible to ensure that the city's three representatives came from rural communities miles from the city itself. Thus flipping one democratic seat into three republican seats. [/QUOTE]
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