A few of the counties are located near the capitol (Ionia, Eaton, Ingham), while two are near Detroit and one (Kent) is covering Grand Rapids and its suburbs. If this was for nefarious reasons, one would think they'd also cover Kalamazoo county, a U.P. county, and a centralized county around deep SW Michigan, like Berrien (Benton Harbor). The latter two areas are definitively conservative (city of B.H. being the sole exception in Berrien), while Kzoo is deep, deep blue. Not sure what to think here.

A few of the counties are located near the capitol (Ionia, Eaton, Ingham), while two are near Detroit and one (Kent) is covering Grand Rapids and its suburbs. If this was for nefarious reasons, one would think they'd also cover Kalamazoo county, a U.P. county, and a centralized county around deep SW Michigan, like Berrien (Benton Harbor). The latter two areas are definitively conservative (B.H. being the exception), while Kzoo is deep, deep blue. Not sure what to think here.