Countdown to #FairMaps for Arizona: 65 Days
OK - I know there have been a lot of tweets today. So think of this as an amuse-bouche between heavy mapping days.
In the 1970's AZ congressional districts looked like this
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OK - I know there have been a lot of tweets today. So think of this as an amuse-bouche between heavy mapping days.
In the 1970's AZ congressional districts looked like this
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In the 1980's AZ congressional districts looked like this:
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In the 1990's AZ congressional districts looked like this:
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In the 'aughts AZ congressional districts looked like this:
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Since 2010's AZ congressional districts looked like this:
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What do you notice about all these plans?
I notice - in not one instance in the last 50 years has Arizona had a congressional district that spanned the northern border E to W. Not one single time.
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I notice - in not one instance in the last 50 years has Arizona had a congressional district that spanned the northern border E to W. Not one single time.
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Kudos to @ArizonaIRC for being sensible and not taking a radical departure from historical recognition of the fundamental differences between eastern north AZ and western north AZ. Communities of interest matter.
#FairDistrictsforArizona
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#FairDistrictsforArizona
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