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Related: About this forumExamples of Wisconsin gerrymandering
I follow Dr Kristen Lyerly on Threads. She posted these maps from where she lives near Green Bay:
Jacques SD1
https://www.threads.net/@kristin_for_wisconsin/post/C1sipWpJfLZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Cowles SD2 https://www.threads.net/@kristin_for_wisconsin/post/C1p6UmNJWK2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
As she says on her thread its almost as if their districts were made for them. The o on each map marks where they live.
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Examples of Wisconsin gerrymandering (Original Post)
AllyCat
Jan 2024
OP
The map with the three reps for their gerrymandered districts living within 5 miles of each other!
Freethinker65
Jan 2024
#1
Gerrymandering is so crooked. We have a couple of interesting districts here in NC, too.
ms liberty
Jan 2024
#2
Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)1. The map with the three reps for their gerrymandered districts living within 5 miles of each other!
Old Crank
(3,586 posts)3. That is pretty egregious
All three in their little club far away from the people.
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)5. Right? They are across the street practically and then command
A huge swath of our state to their little dictator ways.
ms liberty
(8,574 posts)2. Gerrymandering is so crooked. We have a couple of interesting districts here in NC, too.
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)6. Would love to see them if you have time to post.
KPN
(15,645 posts)4. This stuff really makes my blood boil. I need a vacation from the war.
Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)7. Nice post
I wasn't aware of this.
I know Sara Rodriguez had her boundary line slightly adjusted so she was in a more Republican district, so she ran for Lt. Gov. and won!
LiberalFighter
(50,928 posts)8. That nutcase Joel Kitchens is there. The crackpot veterinarian that thinks pets and farm animals are like pregnant women
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)9. What a sucky guy he is.