2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: Michigan

[Gass3268]

You have to draw two Black districts in Detroit, suck it up.

The VRA does not require some grotesque arm leading up through Oakland all the way to Pontiac. Just no.

Yeah, the Supreme Court has ruled that you can get a black performing district at like 42-44%.

[Gass3268]

Here's where the draft state maps stand:

https://twitter.com/iansandlerbowen/status/1429910545734438912
https://twitter.com/iansandlerbowen/status/1429898956960669705

Those maps are oddly satisfying

They had actual ok maps* and then they remade into these. They split up Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor and East Lansing and Lansing.
Somehow Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor have "different" values according to Dem hack public comments but Monroe County and Ypsilanti make perfect sense to place together.
This districting process is equally as bad as the 2010 process but at least the 2010 process faced media criticism.
I now 100% oppose independent commissions because at least partisan gerrymandering is in the public light instead of all this stuff.

You can watch this process on YouTube. It's extreamly transparent. They are following the rules set forth by the Michigan State Constitution which literally puts partisan fairness over county/city/township lines or compactness. Thankfully we have Independent member Anthony Eid to make sure the Michigan Constitution is upheld.  

[Gass3268]

Here are the official Communities of Interest clusters. A brief description of how they were created:

This is an initial round of COI clusters, or "emergent COIs," extracted from public commentary from March through July. We will produce a second and final round incorporating August submissions as well, to be delivered on September 1. We chose a data resolution that produced 36 clusters, which are numbered A1–A36. This choice can be varied, but it’s important to consider usability by the commission, balanced with ensuring sucient richness of the supporting data.

https://twitter.com/umichvoter/status/1431123730017792000?s=20

Matching the maps to these clusters is the 3rd most important criteria set forth by the Michigan Constitution. Only behind following federal law and being contiguous.

[Gass3268]

The Commission is going to start drawing Congressional districts today. Going to start in the UP/North before heading to the Southeast and Lansing areas.

[Gass3268]

Eid proposes an all-around better map, though I personally never like Ottawa-Grand Rapids.

Seems to be a vocal contingent in the committee that is not a fan of this map, which is concerning. Saying that Eid's map doesn't respect the Bangladeshi COI.

[Gass3268]

This is a very fair map.  Im surprised the Democrat members allowed something so fair to be released.

Everything they say or do is public and available on YouTube.

[Gass3268]

They are discussing right now combining Grand Rapids with either Kalamazoo or Muskegon in the Congressional map.

https://twitter.com/umichvoter/status/1443279923477684230?s=20

[Gass3268]

Why is it so hard for them to draw a good map?

Because they made the stupid decision to disregard partisan data until the end, even though it is constitutionally more important that boundaries and compactness.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1443958427965923331?s=20

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1443958427965923331?s=20

Reminder that this map already is gerrymandered to split lansing and grand rapids in 2 to shoe the geographical bias.

Gonna have to split some more, partisan fairness is constitutionally more important than municipal/county lines or compactness.

[Gass3268]

Handley strongly emphasizing that Michigan is not a 50-50 state but rather a 52-48 Democratic leaning state.

[Gass3268]

Some adjustments have been made to the State Senate map that finally unpacks Ann Arbor.

https://twitter.com/umichvoter/status/1447584494379311114?s=20

[Gass3268]

A Republican commissioner just released this:

https://twitter.com/zach_solomon1/status/1448505117305622531?s=20

[Gass3268]

State Senate Cherry is the map moving forward.

https://twitter.com/bensolis1/status/1455210250219528197?s=20

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1475923467870646274?s=20

https://twitter.com/iansandlerbowen/status/1475923468445052928?s=20

[Gass3268]

Partisan fairness is splitting Ann ARbor to give Democrats 21 /38 seats.

Correct

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/zach_solomon1/status/1475948493256728591?s=20

[Gass3268]

Really its Stevens who should be running in MI-10.

https://twitter.com/BruneElections/status/1475954306578853888?s=20

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/iansandlerbowen/status/1475955788837445638?s=20