Thus, the plan contemplated by the governor's office would change the current composition of districts in Florida. The Republican advantage would be extended by 20 seats to 8 with a Democratic window and a projected division of 24-4 would be passed
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The bill will be presented for treatment this Tuesday in the state legislature, in which Republicans have a large majority. However, some in the Republican Party doubt the governor's strategy and the new redesign of the electoral map, which was publicly shared for the first time to the press before being formally presented to state legislators
. After Virginia's precedent, Republicans seek to regain electoral parity by redesigning the map of Florida
DeSantis defends the new map The
DeSantis administration has defended its position stating that the redesign is necessary due to population growth and that the state's count in the 2020 census was insufficient. According to a document circulating in the corridors of the governorate, Florida was underestimated by more than 760,000 people, so the new map is designed
to reflect those changes.
The proposed redraft would eliminate several Democratic-leaning districts, including one in the Tampa area currently represented by Representative Kathy Castor and another in Orlando occupied by Representative Darren Soto. It would also reduce the number of Democratic-leaning seats in South Florida, putting Republicans within easy reach of 4 additional seats in addition to the 24 they currently hold.
Despite applying the technique of gerrymandering excessively in recent years, members of the Democratic Party came out to criticize the process. Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith said that “the fact that the Governor shared his illegally manipulated map of Congress with @FoxNews before sharing it with the state senators who will vote on them tomorrow shows how partisan
and illegitimate this process is.” After Virginia's precedent, Republicans seek to regain electoral parity by redesigning the map of Florida
