Gerrymandering

Florida's New GOP Map Faces 3 Redistricting Suits

Is this an illegal partisan gerrymander or a lawful correction of a racially zoned district?

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Florida's New GOP Map Faces 3 Redistricting Suits

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Above: Demonstrator protests Florida Congress map redistricting outside the State Capitol in Tallahassee on April 28. Image credit: Malcolm Jackson/Getty Images

The Spin

Democratic narrative

Florida's new congressional map is one of the most extreme gerrymanders in American history, deliberately cracking Democratic-leaning cities to hand Republicans up to 24 of 28 seats. The map's own architect admitted to using partisan data across the entire map, which directly violates the Fair Districts Amendment Florida voters passed in 2010. Signing this map into law is a brazen assault on the constitutional rights of millions of Floridians.

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Republican narrative

Florida's redistricting simply corrects a gerrymandered map that was already unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court's Callais decision vindicates that move entirely. Democrats have zero standing to cry foul when Virginia just pushed a 10-1 gerrymander and New England remains the most gerrymandered region in the country. Redistricting is a legal tool both parties use, and Florida Republicans are well within their rights to use it.

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