I like this map, but it looks like it would make more sense to make the split at point of the mountain. It seems to represent populations without dividing slc too much.
E. Woodbury
Another bad map cutting SLC in half and pairing distant rural communities with populations on the other side of the state. Does nothing to accurately represent communities.
Marilyn L Larriva
Do not use this map. This map splits SLC and does not follow the standards of Proposition 4. Use the Escamilla-Owens-Map. This E-O map gives a Rep for the South, North and two Reps to cover the population centers.
Michael Buck
As a resident of springville, I can't imagine the couple of thousand more people it would take to cover the whole city, and split at the Spanish Fork / Mapleton line, would not work. I think splitting cities is not good for the residents of that city. Having part of a town in a completely different district makes one feel like they're not really part of it, personally. I didn't like when we got split into a different district in the first place, and to keep it that way would be sad.
Alex Obbard
It's better than many of the proposed maps, but the north-south SL county split seems artificial.
Amy Hale
This is a reasonable map that attempts to keep geographic areas together.
Ali Griffin
This map makes a lot of sense for fair representation with less splitting. Thank you for at least trying to make it fair.
Ryan Barlow
Although it is nice to have all of Southern Utah in the same district, this still unnecessarily splits the southern part of Salt Lake County and lumps it in with Utah County.
Miles Merrell
I appreciate this attempt to retain integrity for cities and counties. I deliver for Meals on Wheels and have common issues with those I visit in Glendale, Rose Park, and West Valley. It is also inclusive of many of those I work with to include Summit Park. We have similar concerns to include air quality, transportation, homeless people, and affordable housing.
Alex Rasmussen
As a West Jordan resident, I appreciate this map and feel like it would allow my community to have representation.
Elise Nielsen
This map makes progress toward fairness by drawing districts that better reflect the urban and rural differences across our state. However, District 4 is much too large. The size of this district will make it difficult for residents to have their voices heard and for their representative to fully understand their needs.
Brianna St. Andre
I like this one. It keeps the rural areas together and the urban areas together. Southern Utah is well represented.
Julie Norman
This map does a much better job and creating districts that are actually representative of different communities. Splitting SLC into giant districts just allows representatives to avoid their urban constituents. I'd love to see a town hall held within a reasonable distance of the population core.
Malcolm Wilson
This map goes a long way toward rectifying the gerrymandering of the 2010 and 2020 redistricting maps. While it keeps a large portion of Salt Lake County together, it still falls short of the goals of Proposition 4 and does not allow fair representation of the residents in the state who live in Salt Lake County, the largest county in the state.
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.
Scottie D
It's not a perfect map, but of all the maps currently on offer, it is, by far, the most fair. And the most legal, aligns best with the guidelines of Prop 4. Major interest areas are kept together, giving Salt Lake City a fair shot at representatives who actually represent us.
Barbara DeRosa
This map is better that the other few I've seen. At least SLCo isn't split 4 different ways and the needs of those in the district will be given a voice.
Chelsey Feldman
This map seems to keep the community of Salt Lake City mostly whole and fairly represented, unlike the current districts being replaced. There is a fair shot for the community of Salt Lake City to have representation for our community needs. This seems to meet the goals of prop 4.
Hunter Keene
This map seems to align the best with prop 4 of the other maps, keeping area of major interest together while avoiding shoestringing, earmuffing, pinwheeling, and isolation of voting district portions by geographic boundaries.
Lauren Miller
This map is not gerrymandered and groups together existing communities as voting districts. Salt Lake County is a district and rural Utah is a district, as well as North & South of SLCounty. This map is fair and represents ALL of Utah.
Madelin Stagg
It definitely is not perfect, but Salt Lake County has a voice in this map.
Kalyan Karki
While it isn’t perfect, it does give Salt Lake County a voice.
Kristin DeHerrera
I don't understand how Tooele and St. George have the same interests and can be covered by one district. I get that SLC is still mostly intact, but you do have to think about the rest of the state. District 4 is WAY too big!
Michelle Greene
I while I still do not like that Salt Lake County is split up, this seems to be the fairest of all the maps and encompasses the spirit of Prop 4 the best
Daren Young
This is the best map in my opinion. It keeps like communities together and makes a distinction between urban and rural districts.
Valarie Tanner
This seems to be the best option for keeping Salt Lake County and keeping urban and rural areas together. This is what Prop 4 was for.
Keith Tanner
Best map for prop 4--it does not split very many cities or counties, is compact and contiguous.
Jason Lyons
This map best aligns with Proposition 4 because it creates compact, contiguous districts while keeping more municipalities and communities of interest together. It minimizes unnecessary splits of Salt Lake County compared to the other proposed maps, which better reflects the requirements voters approved in Prop 4.
Nicholas Guyaux
I think this map does a good job of trying to keep population centers and similar communities together as much as possible. This map should help more people feel like they have a representative who understands them and knows what their needs are.
Jamie Laulusa
This one minimizes city and county splits as much as possible. Yes, District 4 covers a lot of land, but given the population distribution of our state, this is actually compact and contiguous.
Craig Shane
This map does a reasonable job of maintaining compact districts and areas of similar concerns together.
Karin Harmon
Wasatch county is one of the fastest growing areas of Utah. Why not expand mapping to include us with more of the Wasatch front area, we have very little in common with the Uinta basin.
Jessica DeAlba
Although I agree with this map more then others, it's doing a poor job of equally representing the growing areas that many Millenials and Gen Z professionals are moving too (ie Lehi, Saratoga Springs, and Eagle Mountain). These are no longer rural areas and should be included in district 2 or 3 not in district 4. You are splitting up neighbors with this one with the boundaries in west side Utah county.
ROBERT MARKHAM
This map does a good job of seperating the urban areas from the rural but I don't think Rich County should be split.
Dillan Burnett
Woodruff, I feel, should be connected to Randolph at the very least. The only way to get here from the south is leaving the state and going through Wyoming. I would rather sacrifice some population deviation to keep those communities together than stick to 0%.
Deborah Moore
This seems to be the best option for keeping SLC together as much as possible, and dividing urban areas/rural areas up with similar needs. Hopefully this will help with better representation for everyone's individual needs.
Deborah Moore
This one seems to do a pretty decent job keeping communities in SLC county and Utah county together. However, I do wonder if there are better ways to include portions of District 4 with other districts. For example, Moab has a different voting culture than most of Iron county
Hayden H
This map is one of the better options. I like how a large portion of Salt Lake County stays together. City and rural voters have different needs. This map allows better representation for both.
spencer brudnicki
this looks good. keeping as much of salt lake county together is good because we share general needs splitting salt lake county into the rural areas of Utah doesn't help anyone
Matthew Gardner
I like this map. It puts folks in the Northern area of Utah together, the folks in Southern Utah together, and keeps those of us in the cities mostly together. Bravo whoever put this map together.
Josh Paulsen
I like this map. Seems fair and splits contiguous cities up as much as possible.
Paul Conlon
Yes! A map that only splits Salt Lake County into two districts. Although, both are still in urban districts and not sent to a far flung rural area. District 4 folks might not like such a large geographical area, but population is the key.
Rochelle Horrocks
I like this map, but I would rather be with liberal leaning Salt Lake in my area of Sandy than with Utah County.
Christian Joseph Hansen
SLC votes together!!
FRED L RIDING
I think this map is about as good as you can get for Utah. The Urban areas are represented and the Southern and Northern Utah have their representatives/
Paul Shepherd
This map seems to have made a sincere attempt to honor natural communities. I understand that Salt Lake County has to be split. I don't see why most of the other maps want to split it multiple ways within Kearns or West Jordan. These communities have a history and affiliation. Keep them intact. Pay attention to city and municipal affiliations. This one does a reasonable job of doing so.
Brady Young
This one I like. It keeps me, my neighbors, my workplace, and my parents' house (just 15 minutes away) in a single district, which is not the case with the current map. I almost want to say, "duh!"
Sandra Allen
I like that this map groups more densely populated areas separately from more rural areas. The two have different needs and this map may lead to each having a voice instead of neither having a voice.
Samuel A Stoops
I think the map does a good job at giving most of utah equal opportunities for representation.
MARY BURNS
I like this map. It keeps more communities together with more common interests.
Johanna Pavlowsky
This map has the most logistical break up of the state as far as keeping communities with similar demographics and interests together. By breaking Salt Lake into two districts, this map mitigates the existing (unconstitutional) gerrymandering that intentionally suppresses the urban voters.
Dawn Wheeler
I find it extremely disturbing that the vast majority of the land mass in this State would be covered by one single district, one single person.
It an embarrassment.
Carol Ruddell
This appears to unite common voices, more urban and then more rural. Salt Lake County is more alike than different. This map only splits it into two districts, not four. It's the best of the choices.
Daniel Herbert-Voss
This is a better choice in splitting SL County into two instead of four districts, and keeping communities more intact.
Dominique Bellanger
This map keeps urban and rural communities separate allowing for proper representation for Rural Utah. I also minimizes splits in Salt Lake county
Cody Hatch
This map seems to do a good job of keeping communities together which share interests.
Jason Hoggan
Very good map. I would like to be represented along with other suburbanites rather than having so many districts include rural Utah. I am not against rural Utah - so many of us in the urban centers care deeply about the rural parts of the state and public lands. This is about fair representation of residents, not strictly the land on the map. The only issue I see that could arise is Southern Rich and Morgan counties not being in District 1. I've seen comments on a lot of maps about this. I don't have an opinion on this as I do not live there.
Daniel Friend
This one is nice. Glad to see Provo kept together, and that the line in Springville isn't super jagged.
Sawyer H
This map makes more sense to me than some of the other options, more consistent with the goals of the redistricting efforts.
CATHY Campbell
Much better.
Tricia Ferre
This map is better than some of the others. It at least doesn't split SLC into four different areas.
Michelle Mourtgos
I think this map does a pretty good job of matching how various communities identify themselves and others in the state. The only boundary for which that might not be true is the one between Springville and Spanish Fork.
Kylie Frederick
This map is fairly strong. It's good to see the areas of Salt Lake valley and Provo kept together. It does seem a bit odd to lump Park City in with rural Utah, but otherwise this map is a large step better than the ones dividing the Salt Lake Valley into 3 or 4 districts.
Megan Bates
I like how this keeps a significant portion of Salt Lake County together. This is crucial as urban v. rural is a prominent ideological divide in today's politics.
Frederick Michel Jenny
I appreciate how this map splits the rural and urban vote so the future congressperson can focus on the issues that make their districts unique. This will allow for more fair representation.
Kathleen Millar
I think a better split of Salt Lake and Utah Counties would be along the Jordan River from North Salt Lake until at least Draper. West Jordan still has some ag needs that are similar to Riverton more so than on the east side of the city who have adopted a more Urban lifestyle. There are some problems here with how some of the Eastern part of the state handles is community needs relative to how people in St. George area might handle them
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