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Cracking the City of Sheboygan.
Map: Wikipedia
Terry Katsma (R-Oostbueg) has represented the district since January 2015.
The UW Applied Population Lab defines 'cracking' as
drawing districts in such a way as to divide a concentration of specific types of voters across several districts such that they are a minority in each one, with practically no hope of achieving representation in any of the districts. This practice also helps make districts less competitive.
The UW Applied Population Lab defines 'packing' as
the practice of drawing particular districts in such a way as to ensure that another party's candidate wins that seat by a tremendous margin. Although the opposing party is all but guaranteed the seat, packing makes surrounding districts less competitive, and thus tips the balance of power in the legislative body overall toward the ruling party.
Related reading:
Sheboygan Press, 5/17/2021
When it comes to voting for their state representatives, Sheboygan voters are split in half. Literally.
Between Broughton Drive and North 18th Street, voters who live north of Superior Avenue are in the 27th legislative district and voters south of that are in the 26th.
West of North 18th Street, that same divide exists along Geele Avenue.
The divide is a relatively new reality for Sheboygan voters, a product of the last time voting district lines were redrawn 10 years ago.
And Sheboygan isn't the only municipality in Wisconsin that was split when the lines have been redrawn. Voters throughout the state expressed frustration over their municipalities being divided between districts in listening sessions and through written comments to the People's Maps Commission.
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