Category Redistricting
The GOP and Central Florida: Mapping out a Decade of Partisan Gerrymandering
Al Gore’s 2000 victory in Orange County, the first in the county by a Democratic Presidential candidate since 1944 sent shockwaves through the consulting class of Florida’s GOP. Having just captured complete control of state government in 1998, Central Florida was thought of as a reliable Republican area, the top of the “Republican Horseshoe” that […]
GOP Arrogance on Redistricting Continues in Special Session
This morning Florida House and Senate committees have been hard at work on Redistricting. The GOP has submitted maps which are likely to pass given the partisan conformity of the legislature. These maps submitted by the majority party reflect the arrogance and recklessness of the current leadership of the Legislature. Having failed to deliver constitutionally […]
Florida Republicans Walking a Tightrope on Redistricting By Putting Politics Over Florida’s Citizens
Florida Republicans seem self-assured entering the Reapportionment Special Session which begins Thursday in Tallahassee. Having been rebuked for drawing unconstitutional districts, the leadership of the legislature seems to have no problem crying that a minor disruption to the election cycle is somehow worse than the citizens of the state being denied fair representation in unconstitutional […]
Monday Musings – Charlie Crist v Nan Rich, Putin a Threat to Liberalism, Rick Scott’s Environmentalism, Possible Soccer Attendance Record for Florida and Lots of Redistricting
As it becomes clear that Crist has the nomination in the bag (cue 50 Nan Rich comments), there are real questions if the party is going to come together after August 26. With rumors abound of Jacksonville labor halls refusing to campaign for Crist and Progressive Choice insulting black voters around the state, the way […]
ANALYSIS: Congressional Districts Must Be Re-Drawn Before November
#Mappageddon is certainly deserved after Judge Lewis threw out all congressional Districts this morning and ordered new maps be redrawn. This is one of the biggest announcements in the history of Florida politics. The fallout could be huge for a variety of reasons. Above all, this is uncharted territory for all interested parties. I wrote […]
Redistricting, the Florida Legislature, and November Elections: Possibilities for Republicans
The limbo of the redistricting trial is making headlines nationally, yet it is very unclear where this circus is headed. Judge Terry Lewis has scheduled a meeting next week to discuss what will happen next in the congressional redistricting case. Then, they will at least clarify if there needs to be a new map for […]
Legislative Seats, Governing and Partisan Competition – How it Impacts Democracy
With the discussion of redistricting and the drawing of district lines back front and center it is a good time to reflect on how the process of politics has gradually undermined proper representation in the state of Florida over the course of the last few decades. What has happened at the State House level is […]
Monday Musings – Redistricting, The passing of John Seigenthaler, Campaign Finance Reports and Renewed German Patriotism
In case you haven’t noticed, the whole nation is going to go a little crazy about our redistricting case. There is quite a large debate if anything will change. Kartik posted the other day about the consequences to Alan Grayson’s seat, and of course, Corrine Brown’s seat will break up and hopefully make Ted Yoho’s […]
Flashback Friday: When the 1992 Florida Congressional Map was thrown out
The news late yesterday that the 2012 Congressional Districts had been invalidated drew me back to 1996, when we had a similar happening with Congressional Districts. Ironically, the district that caused the problems then as it has now is Corrine Brown’s seat, then numbered the third, now numbered the fifth. Brown’s original district in 1992 […]
Orlando Area Congressional Districts: What Next for Dan Webster and Alan Grayson?
Late this afternoon, Judge Terry Lewis issued a harsh rejection of Congressional maps that were drawn by the Republican Legislature and declared that districts 5 and 10 were unconstitutional. Effectively, this will redraw the entire Central and North Central Florida congressional map from the Tampa Bay area to Orlando all the way up to Jacksonville […]
The Florida Squeeze 