This overtly partisan regime had its intended effect. Under the admittedly gerrymandered 2002 Plan, Republican Rick Scott would have won 17 of 25 districts (68%) in the 2010 gubernatorial election, and Republican John McCain would have won 15 of 25 districts (60%) in the 2008 presidential election, despite nearly even numbers of Democratic and Republican voters.3 In the final congressional election actually conducted under the plan, Republicans won 19 out of 25 districts (76%). (R9:1246-47; T4:509-11.) Legislative Opposition to the FairDistricts Amendments Satisfied with the status quo favoring the party in power, the Legislature’s Republican leadership vigorously opposed the FairDistricts Amendments. They held public hearings and press appearances to purportedly “expose” the amendments’ impact, (T6:727-728); advocated a misleading financial impact statement to undermine public support, Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Standards for Establishing Legislative Dist. Boundaries, 2 So. 3d 161 (Fla. 2009); challenged the ballot initiative, Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Standards for Establishing Legislative Dist. Boundaries, 2 So. 3d 175 (Fla. 2009); and offered a “poison pill” counteramendment to confuse voters into diluting the Amendments’ effect, Fla. Dep’t of 3 Unless otherwise indicated herein, compactness, demographic, and election data are derived from the data sheets in Plaintiffs’ Appendix (App. 1-164). As explained in the Preliminary Statement, these portions of the Appendix are comprised of the following pages of record: SR7:746-49; SR16:2212-2285; SR24:3462-3548. 6