This map fails to keep Salt Lake County, the most populous county in our state with 34% of the entire state population as a single community of interest. This map goes against allowing a single group to choose its own representative. The power of the citizenry is diluted with any division of this county.
Julienne Bailey
While I appreciate that Salt Lake isn't being gerrymandered to within an inch of its life, and I do think that Districts 2 and 3 are reasonable, having District 1 be "just the rest of the state" is a disservice to those communities. The state isn't necessarily divided into "rural and not rural". Communities in Duschesne could reasonably have very different interests than Washington. Better than some, still not ideal.
Blake Romrell
Not sure if this older map is still under consideration, but looks great! reflects that most of the people are in the i-15 corridor, and so should most of the districts. Compact districts for 3 of the districts, which is high on prop 4's priorities.
Jennifer Lopez
Why is my very diverse neighborhood of Glendale lumped in with district 1? We have over 25 languages spoken in our neighborhood, have diverse needs and urban living. We are quite unlike the rest of District 1, and we are most like the core of Salt Lake City and the also-diverse South Salt Lake. Splitting the city like this splits people. Try again. This isn't the solution.
Julie Faure
This map divides Salt Lake County into 3 districts and combines Northern and Southern Utah into one district. I can't see how this map follows the guidelines of keeping communities of interest together.
Scott Williams
This map is acceptable to me. It would give me a representative who could spend more time listening to those who share my concerns because we live in similar settings and who could also focus on the issues that are important to us in Congress. The one proposed by the legislators does not provide me with that kind of representation.
Eric Hobday
This map divides the Salt Lake City area into three districts. This fails to meet the test of keeping communities together. It is a very partisan map and must be discarded. As an alternative, perhaps the advocate of this map could redraw it, dividing Provo into three districts. Oh wait, that would be unfair, would it not?
Joshua Jensen
Very happy to see a compact map proposed!
Jennifer Scott
This map is a bad deal for Utah. Counties that are 90% or more federal land have constant interactions with multitudes of federal agencies. They require a great deal of Congressional support. Urban counties have a much greater degree of autonomy from the federal government and less frequently need Congressional intervention to address conflicts with federal agencies. It's critical that every Utah Congressional seat bear some of that load.
Sarah Duensing
I know that this map has no chance in hell of passing, but it's the best. The population of Utah is 90.6% urban, and our districts should represent that.
Spencer Thompson
District 1. I don't know how one representative will have a voice over such a large area.
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