The Republicans argued that the the political geography of the state favors them because Democrats are concentrated in large cities.
From Wisconsin Public Radio via Urban Milwaukee:
But University of California, Irvine Political Scientist Bernard Grofman and Carnegie Mellon University Political Scientist Jonathan Cervas told the court that the maps submitted to the court contradicted that claim.
“To put it simply, in Wisconsin, geography is not destiny,” they wrote. The report argues map proposals from every party except the Legislature and voters represented by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty are able to “improve on traditional good government criteria compared to the current map and manage to create plans with modest levels of partisan bias.” Also, the consultants wrote, the Legislature’s plan and the plan submitted by WILL “are partisan gerrymanders” from a social science perspective. The other four plans, the report said, are similar on most criteria.
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