Transcript: Indiana Republicans Could Block Trump’s Gerrymandering

Hunley: Well, so for one, we really want to keep like communities together, and the maps that we passed here in Indiana during our last redistricting, which we do once every 10 years, the maps that we passed last time actually got an A for keeping compact communities together.

So you want whole cities together, whole counties together, whole townships together. Well, this map here is splitting that apart so that we’ve got neighborhoods that are split apart, that we’ve got voting precincts that are split apart, we’ve got whole cities that are divided up. Indianapolis isn’t the only one. There are several other cities that are being just split apart. But we want to make sure that there’s holistic representation.

And if you are in—we’re a big agriculture state, 72 of our 92 counties are rural. So if you’re in a rural county, you want to make sure that your needs are being met, that folks are fighting hard for the farm bill, that they’re fighting hard for agriculture, that they’re fighting hard for the environment and water.