As sure as robin in spring, the hiring of Census workers can only mean one thing: time to again contemplate carving up the political landscape. And really, nothing is quite so delicious. Especially in Michigan with likely loss of at least one congressional seat. A whole new set of winners and losers is ready to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Redistricting’
The Shape of Things to Come
Posted in Elections, Politics, tagged Grand Rapids, Hoekstra, Muskegon, Newaygo, Redistricting, Vern Ehlers on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weekend Redistricting Playroom
Posted in Elections, tagged Kalamazoo, Macomb, Muskegon, Oakland, Redistricting, RMGN on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the better ways to understand Reform Michigan Government Now! is to look at the county by county impact of its redistricting. Here is an Excel worksheet for your amusement, with counties listed from most Democratic to least. In between (clear background) are the Swing Districts. And what bounces up immediately is the presence [...]
More on Redistricting in RMGN
Posted in Elections, tagged Elections, Legislature, MI-75, Redistricting, RMGN on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When Reform Michigan Government Now calls 53 percent base vote a Swing District, I get nervous. After 20 years of going hand-to-hand, neighborhood by neighborhood, I would suggest that when the base gets that big it’s a pretty tough row to hoe.
Again, we’ll have to do a little analysis. Generally a your base [...]
Gaming Non-Partisanship
Posted in Elections, tagged Redistricting, RMGN on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Reform Michigan Government Now (RMGN) plan is filled with all sorts of unintended consequences. The last post spoke of the 50 percent solution that actually shrinks Democratic representation, today we need to look at how the redistricting will actually take place. That is, how does RMGN envision effecting this 50/50 split [...]
The 50 percent solution
Posted in Elections, tagged Democratic Party, Redistricting, Republican Party, RMGN on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Reform Michigan Government Now (RMGN) proposal comes with a lot of interesting details, but the one that gets me, is the notion that the state’s electorate basically splits 50-50, Democrats and Republicans.
Call me a contrarian, but does this match reality?
First, however, you need to understand how the base vote is calculated. As the proposal [...]
