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TexasTowelie

(112,127 posts)
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 01:02 AM Jan 2022

Senate Repubs release still-ridiculous map to take care of Comer

Whenever someone would look at a map of Kentucky’s six Congressional districts, they would always notice the snaking shape of the First District.


Kentucky’s Congressional districts since 2013 (Department of the Interior, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

“I thought districts were supposed to be compact. What is up with Comer’s district? That’s ridiculous – you’d have to drive for hours to go from one end to the other.”

You think the drawing of that district was bad? Check out the new map dropped last night by Repubs in the Kentucky Senate.


New Congressional map proposed by KY Repubs

Yep – not only did they not fix that ridiculous First District, they actually EXTENDED it all the way to Frankfort.

And why? For one very simple reason: Comer owns a home in Frankfort, and wants to live there while still representing the far-western part of the state.

Read more: https://forwardky.com/senate-repubs-release-still-ridiculous-map-that-takes-care-of-comer-boosts-barr/

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Senate Repubs release still-ridiculous map to take care of Comer (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP
Thanks for that excellent post, TT. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2022 #1
You're welcome. TexasTowelie Jan 2022 #2

TexasTowelie

(112,127 posts)
2. You're welcome.
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 01:38 AM
Jan 2022

The extension of that appendage in the First District fits the textbook definition of gerrymandering.

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