The 2020 census population of Brown County Wisconsin, on which redistricting was based, is 264,210. The average number of residents within each of the state's 99 Assembly districts is approximately 59,500.
In other words, Brown County has enough residents to fill 4 Assembly districts and nearly half of an additional one.
In its latest round of gerrymandering, the Wisconsin GOP used a cut-and-paste method to spread the county into 8 districts. In 5 of them, Brown County residents are outnumbered by those in other, not always adjacent, counties.
All maps from Ballotpedia
For the GOP, it's all about diluting the vote. In last months gubernatorial election, Democrat Tony Evers received 55% of the vote in Green Bay (population 107,114, almost enough to fill two Assembly districts). Republican Tim Michels won the county with 51.7% of the vote.
Of the 8 Assembly seats that include all or a portion of Brown County, only 1 is represented by a Democrat.
No comments:
Post a Comment