Sunday, June 18, 2023

The boundaries of Wisconsin's GOP gerrymandered 38th Assembly District should be revisited


The tail wags the dog.
 
Headline:  WUWM, 6/12/2023

The boundaries of the 38th Assembly District include 3 townships in Dane County, the northern half of Jefferson County, and Oconomowoc in the reddest part of Waukesha County.  Barbara Dittrich, the Republican who represents the district, lives in Oconomowoc, i.e., the tail.

Look at how the GOP gerrymanderers chipped away at the perimeter of Dane County, shipping the piece to 6 surrounding counties.  


What's going on?

What we have here are 3 examples of 'cracking', the gerrymandering practice of drawing electoral districts that divide the population of a community or of a constituency across several districts.


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