US: House Redistricting Massachusetts

[JohnnyLongtorso]

On a whim, I did a nonpartisan map of Massachusetts (ignoring partisan leanings and incumbent residences, attempted to minimize municipality splits).



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Any clue as to how competitive the districts would be? Obviously the blue, purple, and light purple districts would be pretty safe. Looking at the town results from 2008, I'd guess the grey district would be the closest.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I like the L-shaped district from 1872/1882. I am disappointed they don't have the original Elbridge Gerry gerrymander, though.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I am shocked, shocked to find out that a Republican wants a Dem vote sink in Boston.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Okay, here's a Republican district for you:

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I have no idea, I just stitched it together from the maps on that link.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I made a map that eliminates Niki Tsongas:



MA-05 is broken up into pieces; MA-01 gets the western side of the district, MA-06 gets Lowell and Lawrence, and MA-07 gets a chunk in between the other two parts. I tried to maintain the existing districts as much as possible; MA-07 is the most changed, but it keeps the heavily-Dem inner suburbs as a base. I also bacon-stripped the southeastern counties as much as possible, and ran MA-10 (now MA-05) into Boston to strengthen it a bit.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

If they got rid of Lynch, he'd probably run for Senate. I'm not sure if Democrats would want that.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Come on, man, you know better than to suggest that the VRA is going to require a 48% white, 52% non-white district with no minority making up more than 20% of that 52%.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Looks like it might be Olver or McGovern that gets the axe.

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