US House Redistricting: Missouri

[DrScholl]

First look at a potential map

http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=431676

[DrScholl]

Any reason you can think of for why the 5th stretches out that far?  I Assume it's intended to prevent Ike Skelton from running again (as he lives in Lafayette county), but it draws the 6th dangerously far into Jackson county.

Either way, this is almost certainly going to be vetoed by Nixon.  It eliminates Carnahan's district, and I'm pretty sure all the other Republicans are safe in their districts.

I would imagine they had Skelton in mind when they put this together, even though it's doubtful he'd run again. Republicans can override the veto in enough black legislators vote for the bill and it's not clear if they will get those votes.

[DrScholl]

Partisan move by Nixon.  Of course the map favors Republicans-- Missouri is a Republican state.  We earned our 6-3 majority in the house delegation, and our huge majorities in the state legislature in Democrat drawn districts.  It's not the legislative Republicans' fault that 48% of the states Democrat voters are packed into just 3 jurisdictions. 

The map is a mess, it connects areas that have no business being connected and unnecessarily splits counties. At least one of the seats shouldn't be a rock solid guarantee for either party.