I am fed up with all the partisan gerrymandering! Beyond that, I

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We say we have but we don't. I know you seen them handle things incorrectly while you were at the homes. You know there is no trusting.

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States like Illinois and Texas need to stay out of the conversation. They need to be cowering behind a shrub hoping not to be noticed. Maybe states like Arizona, Kentucky, and New Jersey (since they are 3 of a several states that are listed little to no partisan advantage) should be responsible for re-districting the whole country. gerrymander.princeto n.edu/redistricting- report-card/

So when it comes to voting... and the benefits of being represented which do you think Which is the correct one?Republicans have been vacillating between Equality and inequality. The recent Supreme Court decision pushes minorities solidly into the inequality position.Democrats vacillate between equity and justice. Gerrymandering is a loose and fast term that is tossed around when a district isn't mapped the way you think it should be. Should states be required to draw minority majority districts? The Supreme Court says no more... This could impact Peoria in 2030 when there is a census redrawing of districts. The voting rights settlement that created Peoria's peculiar districting for the City Council, Park District, and the School District (150) have requirements for minority majority districting.People too often look at a map... and wonder how the effe did they come up with that. You see the geography of land and not the distribution of people. Voting districts are about people... not acreage. Occasionally you see these maps that are proportionate to the population and not geography... we need more of those. When you see those sorts of maps, the districts begin to make more sense.

This is a 'Cartogram of Illinois counties by population' from the 2024 election. It sizes counties by the population. Many of those downstate counties are quite small. Some have fewer people than the West Bluff in Peoria.

I'm still upset with how a federal count ruled that Peoria had to use cumulative voting, where you get 5 votes that you can split between up to 5 candidates if you like, or give all 5 to one candidate if you like. It's just confuses people and offers no advantage.What do you think about just drawing straight lines through everything to create a grid, without any regard to cities or other populated areas?

@MadScientist : Now, now, with that we wouldn't have had the Gary Sandberg show for all of those years.