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Robert McColley: “The political geography of the state of Ohio is challenging…”

Featuring: Robert McColley, Republican | Ohio State Senate, District 1

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Ohio Senate Podcast: Senator Rob McCauley Discusses Redistricting and Article 11

Published | Video Starts at 02:51

They call that representational fairness, which is really just a fancy term for gerrymandering. Yes, yes, court ordered gerrymandering in this case, because as most people would admit, if they're being objectively fair and truthful, Ohio … The political geography of the state of Ohio is challenging because to find majority Democrat districts, you can only find majority Democrat precincts in a large enough volume to create a House or a Senate district in certain parts of the state. … the splitting of geography that are contained in Article 11, it makes it very difficult to draw majority Democrat districts because there are only so many precincts in the entire state that are majority Democrat. (02:51–03:22)

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Asserts that Ohio's political geography limits the creation of majority Democrat districts to certain areas.

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