Solid execution of a remarkably simple concept: keeping communities together. I have quibbles with the exact boundary lines, but it's obvious that this map complies with Prop. 4, unlike any of the maps the congressional majority proposed. Maps like this make it obvious how blatantly partisan the other maps are.
Lynette Doelling
This map splits less counties but still keeps SL county interests represented. I like that Southern Utah is kept together to represent the needs of the tourist areas.
Jayne Barnett
Not my number 1 choice but not bad
Martin Shupe
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.
Ryan Cramer
I really like this map. This will help my area to have better representation so my representative isn't split so much between urban and rural issues. She would finally be able to focus on what is truly important to her constituents. It doesn't split up many communities, it tries to go with rational boundaries. It does make my district very large, which may be difficult to cover, but we usually communicate electronically now with our representatives, so that will be less of a problem. I'd love it if the northern boundary of district 4 could come down a bit, but I realize that's not really possible and keep similar types of communities together.
Jennifer Carlin
This map does an excellent job of keeping communities of interest together in the most populated areas of the state, which have been lacking representation for so long. Very few city and county splits. The more rural areas of the state would continue to have representation proportionate to the their population. The problem is with travel time in district 4, but I don't think that is avoidable when we have such a large state with only four congressional districts, and this map does a good job of minimizing the travel time as much as possible. Other maps proposed have long travel times in every single district and group places like Sandy, where I live, with Mexican Hat. The people in the Salt Lake Valley deserve fair representation, and Utah has a chance to be a leader in the nation when many other states are embracing partisan gerrymandering wholeheartedly. Utah likes to tout itself as a leader, and it is time to put that into practice and be an example of fair districting and equal representation. This map is a good start toward that goal.
Adrienne Cachelin
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Adrienne Cachelin
This map is most in keeping with the law in keeping cities and counties whole and preserving neighborhoods and communities of interest.
Russell Norvell
I strongly favor this map over all the other options. It has the best and most logical geographical compactness, population balance, and unlike every other option keeps communities and cities together in easily understandable ways. This is the first one to respect the letter and intent of the voters as enacted in Proposition 4.
Dominique Marie Bellanger
This is a fairly decent map, it'd be great if we could not split west and south jordan down the middle
Michelle Mourtgos
This is a really good map. I like how it has Tooele connected with Eagle Mountain rather than Davis or Box Elder counties. That shows good attention to human communities and connections rather than just areas on a map. Also it keeps Orem and Provo together which makes sense.
Jordan Howe
I like this one, but there are some challenges in Utah with such a low population density in southern and central Utah. It feels strange to have Provo and it's southern suburbs split. I would prefer to have more continuity there but this is so much better than the 5 maps we saw.
Jackson Lewis
it keeps communities of interest whole, preserves density, and empowers Utahns in the federal government. At all levels, from constituent to congressperson communication, to empowering municipal participation in the federal government, this map (or any of its slight variants) is genuinely among the most perfect you can get of any state in the country for the 2020 centus,
Jackson Lewis
follows municipal boundaries
Jackson Lewis
no split in rich but this map is perfect
Mark Mason Taylor
This seems more appropriate. Using I-15 as a dividing line makes sense. Splitting midvale and sandy apart where I live doesn't make sense.
Jason Peacock
This is a surprisingly good map that keeps Salt Lake intact and follows geo-political contours of the state, putting the south western quadrant of the SL valley into UT County.
Kirsten A
This map reflects Utah's diversity and allows for fair and competitive elections, representing constituents better than many of the other options.
Julienne Bailey
Better than some maps, but not as good as others. I do think that keeping Provo together is better than some other maps, and Salt Lake isn't gerrymandered within an inch of its life.
Lauren Dunn
This map better represents political and cultural geographical interests than other maps I've seen. Overall a map should be divided to best represent the different lifestyles (both urban and rural) and needs of their constituents. This map does a good job to capture that.
Stuart Hepworth
Good map, my only complaint is the putting Morgan with Weber and Davis issue that I've mentioned on numerous plans here.
Vincent R Saunders
Cities should not comprise their own districts. Doing so only encourages them to only think of themselves and their interests at the expense of the rest of the state. If it takes drawing the maps without any mention of political leanings, that will most likeley be the only way Uath is divided into five regions that make sense for everyone...
Vincent R Saunders
This Map has the same problem as the first Map. To geographically spread out for any one person to cover District 4. I would rather see it done regionally, using the Wasatch Front populations (kind of like a hub and spoke system) to make up the differences in the lack of population in the outer areas so that every one of the four districts is balanced. We are ONE STATE. EVERYBODY DESERVES FAIR REPRESENTATION AND TO BE HEARD, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. SALT LAKE, DAVIS AND UTAH COUNTIES ARE NOT THE ONLY PLACES IN THIS STATE!
Teri McCabe
This is much better than others.
Benjamin Greene
This is a great map, although I am not a huge fan of having to split Rich County due to its low population.
Blake romrell
A map that actually has compact districts over urban areas! Much better than the 5 the committee has put forward.
Daniel Friend
I would be happy with this map. I particularly love that Provo's southern city limit is the boundary--it's a very good place to draw a line.
Kiersten Stapley
This is easily one of the best maps, if not the best map altogether. It has the best geographical compactness, population balance, and, most importantly, best groups people according to shared interests and culture. Rural southern Utah voters won't be forced to be represented by someone living along the Wasatch Front while urban voters can't be selectively ignored by their reps. As someone with a degree in anthropology and a certificate in/experience with GIS (geographic information systems), this map best exemplifies what congressional districts should be based on - shared cultural values and political interests, even population spread, and keeping communities together.
Megan Medina
This map best keeps population areas together and would represent constituents with shared interests and circumstances (urban, rural, north, and south).
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