“So an academic is drawing the lines and not the legislature??”
Don’t worry, the PA legislature will draw the maps NEXT time — because the maps implemented by Democrats (bypassing that pesky Republican legislature) THIS time will ensure future Democrat control of the state legislature, which means there won’t be any need for the corrupt Democrat-controlled PA Supreme Court to get involved.
So the whole process will be much smoother next time around.
The State legislative map was drawn by a commission, not the legislature, just as it has been for a while in PA.
The new State House map is still 102-101 GOP advantage and the new State Senate map is still 26-24 GOP advantage. Most of the highly competitive seats on the Senate side favor the GOP more than the Democrats as well.
Yep.
1. Cheat like hell to steal an election.
2. “Elect” a Secretary of State and Attorney General who will not investigate or prosecute election fraud.
3. Appoint judges who “fortify” the process.
4. Remove constitutional prerogatives of legislatures to draw legislative maps.
5. Voila!
That is pretty much what my take is: That the writers (publicists for these district boundaries) are oh-so-very-careful NOT to identify race nor party of the ones celebrating the loss of republican seats tells me exactly “who won” and “who lost”.
Sadly, you’re right.