The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unveiled the redrawn district map, and the result is a fairer map that will be great for Democrats in the Keystone State.
Here is the new map:
The new map is logical, geographical, and it makes perfect sense, which is why Pennsylvania Republicans are going to sue.
Josh Barro of Business Insider tweeted that the map got rid of the insane Republican practice of splitting up district numbers:
In addition to making the map more compact and more favorable to Democrats, the PA court ended the ridiculous practice of spreading the district numbers around the state at random. pic.twitter.com/Ixd8NojsX6
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) February 19, 2018
Nate Cohn of The New York Times put it this way:
If true, Democrats get everything they could want. The new versions of the old PA7/15/6/8 are near optimal for them. Conor Lamb would have a high-profile contest in a competitive race with Keith Rotfhus in the old PA-12 (new 17). PA-10 is a brand new race.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) February 19, 2018
This is a balanced map:
The new map creates 8 Clinton districts and 10 Trump districts, with Democratic opportunities in a few more pic.twitter.com/kN41CKOksF
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) February 19, 2018
The new map is great for Democrats
Across a broader set of elections, the new map is vastly better for the Democrats than the current map, and arguably even better for them than the map st. House Dems proposed themselves pic.twitter.com/rgi8IhG1Fz
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) February 19, 2018
The map reflects Pennsylvania’s purple status much more than the Republican-drawn map that led to the GOP holding a 13-5 advantage in the state’s US House delegation. The new map is fair, which is all Democrats wanted. The map is great for Democrats because they will no longer be clustered into a few districts. As a Pennsylvania native, my first thought was that there are going to be a whole lot more Democrats voting in districts that Republicans have held for nearly a decade.
This is what a fair map based on actual geography and population looks like. State Republicans can sue, but the odds are that this map is the new playing field for congressional candidates in Pennsylvania.
Awards and Professional Memberships
Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association
- House Republicans Are Falling Apart And Now Mike Johnson Could Be Toast - Wed, Dec 18th, 2024
- Elon Musk Melts Down As House Republicans Show Him That He Has No Power - Wed, Dec 18th, 2024
- Des Moines Register Should Laugh At Trump’s Lawsuit Threat - Mon, Dec 16th, 2024
