Adventures in Journalism: You don't write about how the GOP won the House without at least mentioning gerrymandering

 

Top headline:  The Badger Project, 5/25/2022

Bottom headline:  New York Times, 11/16/2022

From The Badger Project:

Black, who retired from the state Assembly in 2010, for years pushed his party to enact a nonpartisan redistricting commission that would draw maps without partisan tilt. Democrats had the chance in 2009, when they held complete control of state government. 

Despite pleas from Black and pro-democracy groups such as the League of Women Voters, party leadership did not act. That was a “big mistake,” Black said. 

“I wish they had heeded my advice back then,” he said. “I suspect in hindsight they have changed their minds.” The Tea Party wave followed in the 2010 elections, wiping out Democratic majorities. 

Fortified by gerrymandering, Republicans have been in near-total control of the state legislature since.  [emphasis added]

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