The Redistricting Strategic Brilliance of WI Gov Tony Evers
Posted on AllSides February 19th, 2024
From The Left
Today, Monday February 19 2024, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers signed new state legislative maps into law, ending ~14 years of GOP gerrymandering. Even so, some progressives are just a bit upset about these final maps, because they didn’t give the Dems as big an advantage as possible. Some Democrats were even calling on Evers to veto the maps! But I think Evers made a perfect play in this situation, because it forces the GOP to take credit for the new maps and takes away (some) of their ability to organize...