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Tony Evers: “Look at any polls and yet people understand that we're a…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps

Published | Video Starts at 01:01

That is the process when a political party draws the map seeking an advantage for their party and by packing opponents voters into a few districts or spreading them among multiple districts. Look at any polls and yet people understand that we're a purple state and there's no way the legislature looks like a purple state. It looks like a red state and that's not Wisconsin. Whether it's my races, governor races, anything at the state level, anything at the national level will show you that that is the case and that should be reflected in the way that our legislature operates. (01:01–01:13)

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Asserts that polls show Wisconsin is a politically balanced state, but the legislature appears Republican-dominated.

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