I'm not sure how you get that Republicans didn't gain any seats in Florida. Surely they at least gained Al Lawson's seat after DeSantis dismantled the VRA compliant 5th district. I'd also argue that if the 7th and 13th were more competitive Democrats might have made different choices and would have won at leats 1 of them.
This is already explained in the post. To add to that:
As stated above, Florida's map eliminates a Black opportunity district that was held by Rep. Lawson. The state Senate plan includes that district. When PGP's estimates of that map are shifted to match the actual statewide vote, the outcome is 8 D, 20 R seats, which is what happened. https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card/?planId=recjuAH6v3L1iPAgK Or to put it another way, if the opportunity district had been preserved, at least one resulting map would have eliminated a D-leaning district elsewhere.
I'm not sure how you get that Republicans didn't gain any seats in Florida. Surely they at least gained Al Lawson's seat after DeSantis dismantled the VRA compliant 5th district. I'd also argue that if the 7th and 13th were more competitive Democrats might have made different choices and would have won at leats 1 of them.
This is already explained in the post. To add to that:
As stated above, Florida's map eliminates a Black opportunity district that was held by Rep. Lawson. The state Senate plan includes that district. When PGP's estimates of that map are shifted to match the actual statewide vote, the outcome is 8 D, 20 R seats, which is what happened. https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card/?planId=recjuAH6v3L1iPAgK Or to put it another way, if the opportunity district had been preserved, at least one resulting map would have eliminated a D-leaning district elsewhere.