Take a look at the redistricting maps set for Senate debate — and the ones they won’t be talking about

By at 17 January, 2012, 12:20 pm

TALLAHASSEE — The new maps for congressional and Senate districts are slated to hit the Senate floor today and pass out this week, after protestations from some Democrats that they don’t create a level playing field envisioned by the supporters of the Fair Districts reforms. Republicans say those hopes were built on the false premise that voters can geographically be diced up into geometrically concise and politically even distributions, when they can’t. Here’s our story today on the

differences. Regardless, the differences between the GOP majority-authored maps set for votes this week, and the alternatives presented by the Florida Democratic Party and Fair Districts supporters is stark. Check out all the maps and how they break up Florida’s geography by race and ethnicity, partisan registration, and voter performance.

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Take a look at the redistricting maps set for Senate debate — and the ones they won’t be talking about

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