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The core Wisconsin Democratic constituencies (blacks, public employees, and college students) are very concentrated geographically. Any reasonably compact dist
by kyrieeschaton 6y ago
The core Wisconsin Democratic constituencies (blacks, public employees, and college students) are very concentrated geographically. Any reasonably compact districting is going to produce the same results.
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- analog31 6y agoThose groups are also concentrated in places that have higher population density, hence more representatives. The only way to prove that districting produces fair and unbiased results is to have it happen in a fair and open fashion.
- analog31 6y agoOne additional thing to add. I live in Wisconsin, and know a lot of people inside and outside of the cities. It's a misconception that rural whites are exclusively red. Sure, there are reliable "base" groups, but also a huge swath of people throughout the state who are generally swing-y. For instance I know farmers and "white working class" people who are staunch liberals.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y agoThis is just blatantly false. The gerrymandering in Wisconsin was what was taken to the Supreme Court in the political gerrymandering case, precisely because it heavily favored Republicans. The Supreme Court ruled against the plaintiffs (not surprisingly, 5-4 I might add), but in the grounds that the federal courts didn't have the power to intervene in cases of political gerrymandering, but no one really debated that the Wisconsin maps heavily favored Republicans over what a more normal, compact map would produce.
- bilbo0s 6y agoNah. I live here. Wisconsin is just corrupt. You wouldn't believe the geometric gymnastics they jump through to try to get districts that will always vote liberal or conservative. Districting maps look like something from mc escher.