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The mapmakers in Tallahassee either the state legislative staff or Republican operatives were literally going down to the census block level and figuring out what the performance of a district was by moving people in or out of key districts, he said. Each map exposed the decisions by leadership.
He found that to help U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Winter Haven, the maps moved Democrats out of his district and into Democrat U.S. Rep. Corrine Browns sprawling north-south district.
Dan Websters residence was actually in Corrine Browns district but that was because there were so many Democrats in that census block and precinct that his house came with it, Smith said. The final map tipped the minority voters in Browns district for the first time over 50 percent plus.
But the data showed that mapmakers went beyond saturating Browns district with black voters. They also sought other Democratic-performing white census blocks to pack into that district, he said. It made sure those Democrats were not in the adjacent competitive district.
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Yallow
(1,926 posts)Just another reason to hate Republicans.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)the name of the game.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,371 posts)Letting the politicians pick the voters, instead of the other way around.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Please spread widely!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Monroeville, PA's 3rd ward has three US Congressional Districts (8th, 12th, 18th). This is what partisan legislative re-districting looks like. We need non-partisan re-districting in all states.
erronis
(15,303 posts)Meanwhile, Gainesville-based Data Targeting, led by veteran GOP operative Pat Bainter, had argued that the release of their redistricting documents would violate his First Amendment rights to free speech and association and have a chilling effect on his ability to perform his job as a Republican consultant.
Baitball Blogger
(46,737 posts)Ratio of Democrats to Republicans by precinct is 1:1 on that side, yet this city is said to be solidly Republican.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)In my Civics classes back in the Jurassic, it was taught as a corrupt political practice. Why aren't we seeing it as that today.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)OTOH, if they @#$% the state up bad enough maybe people will stop moving here.