WPR: Expert: Republicans 'Virtually 100 Percent' Certain To Retain Majorities Under GOP Map

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Stanford University Professor Says Wisconsin's Legislative Districts Among Nation's Most Gerrymandered In Past 42 Years

Stanford University political science and statistic professor Simon Jackman, was called as an expert witness by Democratic voters seeking to overturn the map.

As part of Jackman's analysis, he reviewed 786 elections, encompassing 206 redistricting plans throughout the United States between 1972 and 2014.  Only four plans had a stronger pro-Republican gerrymander over that span.

Jackman said it would take a "political earthquake" for Democrats to buck that trend, saying that without changes, the map would continue to treat Democratic voters unequally...

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