The first I heard of it, of what I call the Pig Trail gerrymander, I laughed hard.
But state Sen. Sue Madison of Fayetteville, Democratic chairman of the Senate State Agencies Committee that will consider such matters, says she expects this little gem to be formally proposed as a seriously intended congressional redistricting plan.
Max Brantley asserted on March 3rd on the Arkansas Times Blog:
I was inclined to reject this out-of-hand as as hoax. But it’s not.
A devoted reader sends along an e-mail from Steve Clark, leader of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, to various community and elected leaders objecting to a purported congressional redistricting idea that would move Fayetteville and perhaps all of Washington County into the Fourth Congressional District. It’s now in the Republican 3rd.
I do not think this will happen because the map would look too crazy. The real gamble will be if the Democrats try to make a run at the 2nd district. I think that Tim Griffin has a bigger margin of victory now with the rapid growth of Saline County and Faulkner County to work with, and it would take a lot to put him at a disadvantage.
I think that Brummett earlier article on this sounds more logical to me. You can access that here where I posted it earlier.
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