![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gerrymandering dissipates the Democratic voting strength through deliberate shifting of district boundaries in a process called “packing and cracking.” Packing refers to opportunistically shifting some district boundaries to corral an excess of Democratic voters, ensuring that within that district the Democratic candidate will win far more votes than needed to win that seat, thereby “wasting” the unnecessary votes. Senator-favor Democrats over Republicans by a 53 to 45 margin, Democrats won only 36% of the 99 Assembly seats, and similarly hold just over one-third of the seats in the State Senate. Although party preferences of voters statewide-as demonstrated in recent elections for Governor and U.S. The geographic boundaries of Wisconsin’s State Assembly and Senate districts have been called the most anti-democratic case of gerrymandering in the nation. ![]()
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