To understand how Florida’s redistricting process will dramatically reshape the state’s political lines and congressional map, look at Democratic Rep. Darren Soto’s district along the fabled I-4 corridor
, who remains under federal investigation for alleged sex trafficking, could all see alterations through redistricting. Overall, Florida has gained nearly 3 million people since the last redistricting process a decade ago, an expansion that has swelled many of its congressional districts and set the stage for a remaking of its political lines headed into a 2022 election likely to determine control of the U.S. House.
Based on U.S. Census data, 20 Florida districts have populations hovering around the average of 770,376 people-per-district, and some are drastically over. That includes key seats in Florida’s fast-growing I-4 corridor, a nationally important slice of political real estate that will likely be the home region for the new Florida congressional seat that’s the result of its continued growing population.
But the state Supreme Court is much different now. Gov. Ron DeSantis remade it by appointing several conservative-minded justices, leading to fears that this time around the GOP may have an easier time in crafting a map friendly to them. Still, Democrats maintain that they will go to court again to push back against any Republican power grabs.
“Whoever is drawing this map for Republicans, there’s so many people now in central Florida. Where do they go?” Isbell asked. Isbell acknowledged that Gaetz’s district will likely have to “shrink,” and the question is whether Dunn’s district will have to stretch a little further east. Isbell said that part of the issue is that “you will have to take in more territory” with Dunn because of the lack of population in rural counties.
In memos released by both chambers on the same day the block-level data was made public, parts of the redistricting process were outlined, but some questions remain. Public testimony will be collected during the Legislature’s fall interim committee weeks, and both chambers say they are developing a joint redistricting website that will include interactive maps, allow people to view publicly submitted maps and provide access to redistricting resources.
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