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Packing the City of La Crosse.
Source: Wikipedia
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. [emphasis added]
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.
The 2020 population of the City of La Crosse 52,680, about 6,000 residents less than what is needed to fill an Assembly District. That didn't stop the GOP gerrymanders from doin' the wiggle-waggle while designing the 95th.
Jill Billings (D-La Crosse) was first elected to the Assembly in a November 2011 special election. In November 2022, she defeated her Republican challenger by almost 34 percentage points.
Meet the defenders of fair elections.
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