After decades of rat-f%$#ery, Wisconsin has finally has finally adopted relatively fair districts for their state legislature.
I do not think that the voters will be kind to Republicans in 2024:
Wisconsin’s dinosaur-shaped legislative district could soon be history.
The curiously drawn district and other oddities associated with the state’s extreme gerrymandering would be erased in new voting maps passed this week by the Wisconsin Legislature.
A state Supreme Court decision finally forced Wisconsin Republicans to cede an advantage they enjoyed for more than a decade with maps that made the state one of the nation’s foremost examples of gerrymandering.The Senate and Assembly voted to adopt voting maps drawn by the office of Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat. Evers said a week ago that he would sign his redistricting plan into law if passed unchanged by the Legislature, and proponents of fairer maps have encouraged him to do so.
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Prior to the legislative action, justices had been set to select new district maps from a group of proposals, including the one from Evers. Indications were the decision would not be favorable to the GOP.
Rather than take their chances, Republicans decided to approve the governor’s maps, which are considered to be “friendlier” to the GOP than the others when measuring partisan bias and incumbent matchups.
Once again, we see that Republicans can be trusted to do the right thing, if they are left with absolutely no other options.
Also, I think that Evers' plan was too conciliatory, but I think that any attempt at reconciliation with Republicans is a losing proposition.
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