A2: Redistricting Study

An editorial in the Detroit Free Press highlights a recent study by the Ann Arbor-based Center for Michigan, which found that the way districts are drawn for the state legislature often pre-determines election outcomes along party lines: “According to the Center for Michigan study, Republicans have had a hammerlock on 43 House seats and 19 Senate seats for at least the last decade; Democrats have monopolized 42 House seats and 11 Senate seats during the same interval. As a result, only one in seven Michigan voters lives in a district where either party’s candidates could prevail in any given election cycle.” [Source]