Despite being ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the state’s new congressional map does not completely eliminate subjectivity, writes Lindsay Lazarski for WPSU.

However, the map is a significant improvement over the previous one, according to students in an eighth-grade math class at the Westtown School. They had previously come up with a number of their own proposals for the revised map.

“I think it follows county lines much better,” said student James Bradley. “I think it’s definitely going to represent the population better.”

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According to political analysts, the revised map is more favorable to Democrats. It provides them with a chance to win half of Pennsylvania’s 18 congressional seats. Most analysts believe that the court attempted to create a map that is fairer, despite the geographic disadvantage for Democrats.

“Democrats are clustered in terms of their voters in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,” said David Wasserman, a national political analyst with The Cook Political Report. “But the choices that the Supreme Court made in adopting this map tends to help Democrats versus what they might expect from a random or neutrally drawn map.”

Read more about Pennsylvania’s new congressional map at WPSU here.

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