Flo's and ElectionGuy's Maps

[Flake]

I kind of took over Sol's thread so I'm going to post a bunch of random redistricting maps.

Here's my crack at Delaware's 41 Legislative districts.

[Flake]

Here's my safe Democratic Utah district (a Jim Matheson paradise)

Obama won it in 2008 by 16 points!

Obama: 56.7%
McCain: 40.5%
Other: 2.8%

Demographics:
68.8% White
21.1% Hispanic
5.4% Asian
2.2% Other
1.8% Black
0.8% Native

[Flake]

Three district Democratic sweep:

1 (blue): 55-44 Obama
2 (green): 56-43 Obama
3 (purple): 60-39 Obama

[Flake]

Democratic sweep

1 (blue): 52-46 Obama
2 (green): 51-46 Obama
3 (purple): 59-39 Obama
4 (red): 60-38 Obama

[Flake]

So this is my proudest achievement so far...

I got three Mississippi districts to vote for Obama over McCain (and they all swung to Obama in the 2012 election)



Here it is without county borders for easier viewing:

Mississippi 1 (blue):

Obama: 162,284 (50.2%)
McCain: 158,631 (49.1%)

Obama by 3,653 votes.

Mississippi 2 (green)

Obama: 172,179 (49.9%)
McCain: 170,559 (49.4%)

Obama by 1,620 votes

Mississippi 3 (purple):

Obama: 153,907 (49.6%)
McCain: 153,839 (49.6%)

Obama by 68 votes

Mississippi 4 (red)

McCain: 241,504 (77.6%)
Obama: 66,112 (21.3%)

McCain by 175,392 votes

Demographics of each district (entire population shown):

Mississippi 1:

49.9% White
45.8% Black
2.7% Hispanic
1.7% Other

Mississippi 2:

48.3% White
47.5% Black
2.2% Hispanic
2.0% Other

Mississippi 3:

52.4% White
41.5% Black
3.3% Hispanic
2.8% Other

Mississippi 4:

81.5% White
12.7% Black
2.9% Hispanic
2.8% Other

[Flake]

So this is my proudest achievement so far...

I got three Mississippi districts to vote for Obama over McCain (and they all swung to Obama in the 2012 election)

Nothing new under the sun, ever, young man.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=143100.0

Nice job!

[Flake]

Decided to see a 10 district North Dakota -- Obama won 5 and McCain won 5.

It's safe to assume a few Obama districts moved to the Romney column.

[Flake]

This one took me so long.... but four districts in Alabama that Obama won in 2008.



District 1 (blue):
72.3% McCain
26.6% Obama

District 2 (green):
49.9% Obama
49.4% McCain

District 3 (purple):
49.9% Obama
49.7% McCain

District 4 (red):
49.7% Obama
49.7% McCain (50 vote difference)

District 5 (yellow):
50.0% Obama
49.3% McCain

District 6 (teal):
73.9% McCain
25.4% Obama

District 7 (silver):
77.8% McCain
21.2% Obama

[Flake]

Obama 78-21, it's Denver County, plus a few suburb counties, and the average % for a Democrat is 74%.

Satan could run as a Democrat and win in this district.

[Flake]

Tried a nine-district Maryland with McCain winning the majority of districts.

1 (blue):
McCain: 49.8%
Obama: 48.7%

2 (green):
McCain: 49.5%
Obama: 48.9%

3 (purple):
49.9% McCain
48.3% Obama

4 (red):
50.8% McCain
48.1% Obama

5 (yellow):
51.8% McCain
46.7% Obama

6 (teal):
85.9% Obama
13.1% McCain

7 (silver):
83.2% Obama
16.0% McCain

8 (purplish blue (next to the cyan district)):
85.4% Obama
13.8% McCain

9 (cyan):
71.0% Obama
27.9% McCain

Districts 6 and 7 have a majority black population (57% and 58%) and District 8 has a plurality black district (47%).

District 9 is the only white-majority district where Obama won (53% white).

The five McCain districts are all around 70% white. (1 is 74%, 2 is 73%, 3 is 70%, 4 is 69%, 5 is 75%)

[Flake]

Flo's Maps: Now with Labels!



I wanted to make a map with a majority of districts voting 54%+ Obama so it would go to him in the 2012 election, with the remaining Republican districts grossly and unnecessarily gerrymandered.

And I think I accomplished that.

Missouri 1:
54.5% Obama
44.3% McCain

Missouri 2:
54.7% Obama
44.4% McCain

Missouri 3:
55.4% Obama
43.5% McCain

Missouri 4:
53.6% Obama
44.9% McCain

Missouri 5:
54.8% McCain
43.5% Obama

Missouri 6:
60.0% Obama
38.9% McCain

Missouri 7:
64.6% McCain
33.9% Obama

Missouri 8:
64.0% McCain
34.5% Obama

[Flake]

Flo's Maps: Now with Labels!



I wanted to make a map with a majority of districts voting 54%+ Obama so it would go to him in the 2012 election, with the remaining Republican districts grossly and unnecessarily gerrymandered.

And I think I accomplished that.

Missouri 1:
54.5% Obama
44.3% McCain

Missouri 2:
54.7% Obama
44.4% McCain

Missouri 3:
55.4% Obama
43.5% McCain

Missouri 4:
53.6% Obama
44.9% McCain

Missouri 5:
54.8% McCain
43.5% Obama

Missouri 6:
60.0% Obama
38.9% McCain

Missouri 7:
64.6% McCain
33.9% Obama

Missouri 8:
64.0% McCain
34.5% Obama

Since 5, 7, and 8 are all McCain CDs, why the need to gerrymander them? Your others are all reasonably shaped. As a map for the Dems, there's no reason to give the Pubs grounds for a challenge no matter how slim the chance, and the gerrymanders really only affect the Pubs.

[Flake]

2 Obama districts in Kansas:



1 (red): 49.4% Obama, 49.3% McCain
2 (blue): 50.6% Obama, 47.5% McCain
3 (yellow): 62.9% McCain, 35.1% Obama
4 (green): 67.7% McCain, 30.4% Obama

both of those districts probably went to Romney in 2012 and highly doubt you could make two 2012 Obama districts, only one.

I made that exact map a few months ago!

[Flake]

I made that exact map a few months ago!

Oh, that's interesting. Are there any parts you did differently (like, drastically different)?

Nope, the exact same thing, nice Colorado map btw.

[Flake]

I've never hated redistricting a state as much as Texas, from the random Democratic and Republican hotbeds, to Southern Texas, to the suburbs, and the very inconsistent voting districts that ranged from three people to over twenty thousand, I would like to say a few words to whoever designed this monstrosity of a voting map.

Anyways, I wanted to make a map with as many tossup seats as possible, since a certain Texan was disappointed that only one congressional district in the state was a toss up (the 2nd I believe), and here are the average Democratic/Republican results in each district (Obama overperformed in the cities and the suburbs and underperformed the rural areas).

Texas 1:
51.2% Republican
48.8% Democrat

Texas 2:
52.0% Republican
48.0% Democrat

Texas 3:
54.5% Democrat
44.5% Republican

Texas 4:
66.5% Democrat
33.5% Republican

Texas 5:
59.8% Democrat
40.2% Republican

Texas 6:
50.8% Democrat
49.2% Republican

Texas 7:
50.7% Democrat
49.3% Republican

Texas 8:
57.9% Democrat
42.1% Republican

Texas 9:
50.1% Republican
49.9% Democrat

Texas 10:
50.2% Republican
49.8% Democrat

Texas 11:
50.6% Democrat
49.4% Republican

Texas 12:
50.6% Republican
49.4% Democrat

Texas 13:
51.1% Democrat
48.9% Republican

Texas 14:
66.1% Republican
33.9% Democrat

Texas 15:
71.1% Republican
28.9% Democrat

Texas 16:
71.0% Republican
29.0% Democrat

Texas 17:
50.9% Democrat
48.1% Republican

Texas 18:
50.0% Democrat
50.0% Republican

Texas 19:
52.3% Democrat
47.7% Republican

Texas 20:
50.2% Democrat
49.8% Republican

Texas 21:
53.6% Democrat
46.4% Republican

Texas 22:
54.8% Democrat
45.2% Republican

Texas 23:
50.3% Democrat
49.7% Republican

Texas 24:
66.0% Republican
34.0% Democrat

Texas 25:
50.9% Democrat
49.1% Republican

Texas 26:
69.2% Republican
30.8% Democrat

Texas 27:
76.0% Republican
24.0% Democrat

Texas 28:
50.3% Republican
49.7% Democrat

Texas 29:
72.0% Republican
28.0% Democrat

Texas 30:
67.0% Republican
33.0% Democrat

Texas 31:
72.1% Republican
27.9% Democrat

Texas 32:
64.9% Republican
35.1% Democrat

Texas 33:
67.5% Republican
32.5% Democrat

Texas 34:
72.8% Republican
27.2% Democratic

Texas 35:
71.6% Republican
28.4% Democrat

Texas 36:
71.4% Republican
28.6% Democrat

[Flake]

I wanted to get an Obama district in West Virginia, and it would certainly go to Mitt Romney in 2012, but oh well.

West Virginia 1 (blue)
50.9% Obama
47.4% McCain

West Virginia 2 (green)
59.4% McCain
39.0% Obama

West Virginia 3 (purple)
60.1% McCain
38.3% Obama

[Flake]

Using the congressional system that True Federalist was talking about, here are four districts in Idaho, with Obama winning one:



Idaho 1 (blue):
49.7% Obama
47.8% McCain

Idaho 2 (green):
61.9% McCain
35.7% Obama

Idaho 3 (purple):
66.2% McCain
33.7% Obama

Idaho 4 (red):
72.3% McCain
25.2% Obama

[Flake]

Did a Florida one a few days ago, completely forgot about it.



1: 51.8 Obama, 48.2% McCain
2: 54.6% Obama, 45.4% McCain
3: 52.1% Obama, 47.9% McCain
4: 51.3% Obama, 48.7% McCain
5: 51.7% Obama, 48.3% McCain
6: 51.2% Obama, 48.8% McCain
7: 53.1% Obama, 46.9% McCain
8: 62.0% McCain, 38.0% Obama
9: 52.5% Obama, 47.5% McCain
10: 50.5% Obama, 49.5% McCain
11: 52.2% Obama, 47.8% McCain
12: 51.9% Obama, 48.1% McCain
13: 70.8% McCain, 29.2% Obama
14: 53.3% Obama, 46.7% McCain
15: 71.9% Obama, 28.1% McCain
16: 50.7% Obama, 49.3% McCain
17: 51.2% Obama, 48.8% McCain
18: 66.6% Obama, 33.4% McCain
19: 66.9% Obama, 33.1% McCain
20: 53.8% Obama, 46.2% McCain
21: 52.7% Obama, 47.3% McCain
22: 50.3% Obama, 49.7% McCain
23: 58.5% McCain, 41.5% Obama
24: 60.6% Obama, 39.4% McCain
25: 67.9% McCain, 32.1% Obama
26: 51.0% Obama, 49.0% McCain
27: 60.4% Obama, 39.6% McCain

Actually pretty happy with this map. It started out for me making a Democratic district for my county (Lake/FL-09 on here) and I just kind of filled out of the rest of the state.

[Flake]

Decided to make a pretty map of Kentucky.



1 (blue):
55.6% Obama
43.4% McCain

2 (green):
53.0% McCain
45.5% Obama

3 (purple):
60.7% McCain
37.8% Obama

4 (red):
68.7% McCain
29.7% Obama

5 (yellow):
64.1% McCain
34.4% Obama

6 (teal):
57.6% McCain
40.8% Obama

[Flake]

Changed title to be more accurate.

[Flake]

Changed title to be more accurate.

I feel bad now. I should probably stop posting so much on this.

No, Keep posting! I love your maps

[Flake]

Blue:
52.3% Obama
46.1% McCain

Green:
52.9% Obama
45.6% McCain

Purple:
51.4% Obama
47.0% McCain

Red:
51.2% Obama
47.1% McCain

Yellow:
51.8% Obama
46.6% Obama

Teal:
50.5% Obama
47.7% McCain

Silver:
56.0% Obama
42.3% McCain

Slate Blue:
64.2% Obama
34.0% McCain

Apologies to the colorblind.

So here is a 9 district map where Obama won each district.

[Flake]

Gonna do a series based on this map:

Based on how the past 2 decades have gone, I think it's safe to assume that interstate migration will pick up again with the economy later this decade.  If that's the case, this would be my guess for the 2064 electoral map:

My first state was Nevada, and its six congressional districts.




District 1 (blue)
50.1% Democrat (54.8% Obama)
49.9% Republican (43.0% McCain)

Toss Up/Tilt D



District 2 (green)
62.5% Republican (57.6% McCain)
37.5% Democrat (39.7% Obama)

Strong R



District 3 (purple)
56.0% Democrat (57.5% Obama)
44.0% Republican (40.6% McCain)

Solid D



District 4 (red):
54.5% Democrat (57.9% Obama)
45.5% Republican (40.1% McCain)

Lean D



District 5 (yellow)
55.5% Democrat (58.1% Obama)
44.5% Republican (39.7% McCain)

Solid D



District 6 (teal)
71.9% Democrat (71.6% Obama)
28.1% Republican (26.1% McCain)

Safe D

Ratings System:

Tossup (Tilt D/R): 50%-53%
Lean (D/R): 53-55%
Likely (D/R): 55%-60%
Solid (D/R): 60%-70%
Safe (D/R): 70%+

[Flake]

(Since Democrats win 5/6 seats in a normal year, they won 83% of seats, so the state is colored 80% red)

Next on the list is Idaho:

District 1 (blue):
66.5% McCain
31.3% Obama

Solid R



District 2 (green, oddly enough the whitest district)
49.0% Obama
48.6% McCain

Toss Up/Tilt D


District 3 (purple)
71.5% McCain
25.0% Obama

Safe R

[Flake]

Total Representation in the 138th congress:
9 Democrats
6 Republicans

Might as well add up all the safe, one district states.