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Title: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Хahar 🤔 on July 23, 2009, 12:59:31 PM There have been threads about this before, but this time I'll try it for real.
AL-1: Mobile AL-2: Montgomery AL-3: East Alabama AL-4: Decatur—Gadsden AL-5: North Alabama AL-6: Outer Birmingham AL-7: Birmingham—Tuscaloosa AK-AL: Alaska AZ-1: Northeast Arizona AZ-2: Northwest Arizona AZ-3: Phoenix North AZ-4: Phoenix South AZ-5: Scottsdale—Tempe AZ-6: Chandler—Mesa AZ-7: Southwest Arizona AZ-8: Cochise—Tucson AR-1: Arkansas Delta AR-2: Little Rock AR-3: Northwest Arkansas AR-4: South Arkansas CA-1: Napa—North Coast CA-2: Redding CA-3: Outer Sacramento CA-4: Northeast California CA-5: Sacramento CA-6: Marin—Sonoma CA-7: Richmond—Vacaville CA-8: San Francisco CA-9: Oakland CA-10: Fairfield—Livermore CA-11: Dublin—Tracy CA-12: San Mateo CA-13: Alameda—Fremont CA-14: Redwood City CA-15: San Jose West CA-16: San Jose East CA-17: Monterey CA-18: San Joaquin West CA-19: Yosemite CA-20: Fresno CA-21: San Joaquin East CA-22: Bakersfield CA-23: Central Coast—Channel Islands CA-24: Santa Ynez CA-25: Inner California CA-26: San Gabriel Valley CA-27: San Fernando West CA-28: San Fernando East CA-29: Glendale—Pasadena CA-30: Santa Monica CA-31: Los Angeles Center CA-32: East Los Angeles CA-33: Culver City CA-34: Huntington Park CA-35: Inglewood CA-36: Torrance—Venice CA-37: Long Beach CA-38: Norwalk—Pomona CA-39: Lynwood CA-40: Orange North CA-41: Inland Empire CA-42: Los Angeles—Orange CA-43: San Bernardino CA-44: Orange—Riverside CA-45: Riverside CA-46: Santa Catalina CA-47: Santa Ana CA-48: Orange South CA-49: Oceanside—Temecula CA-50: Escondido CA-51: Chula Vista—Imperial CA-52: San Diego East CA-53: San Diego CO-1: Denver CO-2: Boulder CO-3: West Colorado CO-4: East Colorado CO-5: Colorado Springs CO-6: Aurora—Littleton CO-7: Outer Denver CT-1: Hartford CT-2: East Connecticut CT-3: New Haven CT-4: Fairfield CT-5: Northwest Connecticut DE-AL: Delaware Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Badger on July 23, 2009, 01:38:58 PM There have been threads about this before, but this time I'll try it for real. AL-1: Mobile AL-2: Montgomery AL-3: East Alabama AL-4: Decatur—Gadsden AL-5: North Alabama AL-6: Outer Birmingham AL-7: Birmingham—Tuscaloosa AK-AL: Alaska AZ-1: Northeast Arizona AZ-2: Northwest Arizona AZ-3: Phoenix North AZ-4: Phoenix South AZ-5: Scottsdale—Tempe AZ-6: Chandler—Mesa AZ-7: Southwest Arizona AZ-8: Cochise—Tucson AR-1: Arkansas Delta AR-2: Little Rock AR-3: Northwest Arkansas AR-4: South Arkansas Gets to be difficult when constituencies are gerrymandered into odd geographical mishmashes though. Try mine for example: OH-4 Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: memphis on July 23, 2009, 01:51:54 PM The Voting Rights Act districts should be fun. Negroes of Maryland perhaps...
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Verily on July 23, 2009, 02:40:07 PM The Voting Rights Act districts should be fun. Negroes of Maryland perhaps... The Earmuffs Empire of Chicago. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Meeker on July 23, 2009, 03:20:47 PM Don't they sometimes, especially in Australia, name them after famous residents of the constituency/near-by area?
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Verily on July 23, 2009, 03:42:48 PM Don't they sometimes, especially in Australia, name them after famous residents of the constituency/near-by area? In the US, that would probably result in them being named for their current congresspeople... (Quebec also does that sometimes, both federally and provincially. It's also worth pointing out that the em-dash is Canadian style; in Britain, they would use "and" instead.) Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Padfoot on July 23, 2009, 09:07:45 PM There have been threads about this before, but this time I'll try it for real. AL-1: Mobile AL-2: Montgomery AL-3: East Alabama AL-4: Decatur—Gadsden AL-5: North Alabama AL-6: Outer Birmingham AL-7: Birmingham—Tuscaloosa AK-AL: Alaska AZ-1: Northeast Arizona AZ-2: Northwest Arizona AZ-3: Phoenix North AZ-4: Phoenix South AZ-5: Scottsdale—Tempe AZ-6: Chandler—Mesa AZ-7: Southwest Arizona AZ-8: Cochise—Tucson AR-1: Arkansas Delta AR-2: Little Rock AR-3: Northwest Arkansas AR-4: South Arkansas Gets to be difficult when constituencies are gerrymandered into odd geographical mishmashes though. Try mine for example: OH-4 Lima-Mansfield seems appropriate for OH-4. Its not pretty but it could be worse. OH-6, OH-13, and OH-18 are the worst ones. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Smid on July 23, 2009, 09:43:41 PM Don't they sometimes, especially in Australia, name them after famous residents of the constituency/near-by area? In the US, that would probably result in them being named for their current congresspeople... (Quebec also does that sometimes, both federally and provincially. It's also worth pointing out that the em-dash is Canadian style; in Britain, they would use "and" instead.) Yes (federally, state-wise they're all named after locations) - we name some after geographic locations and some after famous people. http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Guideline.htm http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Origin_Current_Division.htm http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Origin_Abolished_Division.htm The famous people have to be dead in order to qualify. Sometimes they're named after an explorer through the area (eg. Leichardt, Bass, Cunningham), social workers (eg. Chisholm), Prime Ministers (very common), other famous politicians such as Premiers or Leaders of the Opposition, even poets (see the proposed new Queensland electorate announced today Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: muon2 on July 23, 2009, 09:48:00 PM The Voting Rights Act districts should be fun. Negroes of Maryland perhaps... The Earmuffs Empire of Chicago. IL-17 is a fun one, too. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 23, 2009, 09:50:12 PM I hate districts with names of people. I don't know why it has become so popular in Quebec.
Anyways, I remember doing this when I first joined the Atlas. It certainly had its moments. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 23, 2009, 09:54:15 PM Don't they sometimes, especially in Australia, name them after famous residents of the constituency/near-by area? In the US, that would probably result in them being named for their current congresspeople... (Quebec also does that sometimes, both federally and provincially. It's also worth pointing out that the em-dash is Canadian style; in Britain, they would use "and" instead.) Yes (federally, state-wise they're all named after locations) - we name some after geographic locations and some after famous people. http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Guideline.htm http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Origin_Current_Division.htm http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Electoral_DPM/Origin_Abolished_Division.htm The famous people have to be dead in order to qualify. Sometimes they're named after an explorer through the area (eg. Leichardt, Bass, Cunningham), social workers (eg. Chisholm), Prime Ministers (very common), other famous politicians such as Premiers or Leaders of the Opposition, even poets (see the proposed new Queensland electorate announced today Disgusting :( Another cool project would be giving names to the Australian divisions. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on July 24, 2009, 03:58:07 AM There's actually a British constituency named after a person rather than a geographical location; Islwyn (the pen-name of 19th century poet William Thomas) in South Wales.
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: minionofmidas on July 24, 2009, 05:59:22 AM Oh. I thought that was some obscure geographic term for the area.
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on July 24, 2009, 06:26:14 AM Oh. I thought that was some obscure geographic term for the area. An obscure term for part of the area is Mynyddislwyn (which is what Thomas took Islwyn from). But until the 1974 local government vandalism, "Islwyn" on its own was only associated with the poet. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Badger on July 24, 2009, 12:48:51 PM There have been threads about this before, but this time I'll try it for real. AL-1: Mobile AL-2: Montgomery AL-3: East Alabama AL-4: Decatur—Gadsden AL-5: North Alabama AL-6: Outer Birmingham AL-7: Birmingham—Tuscaloosa AK-AL: Alaska AZ-1: Northeast Arizona AZ-2: Northwest Arizona AZ-3: Phoenix North AZ-4: Phoenix South AZ-5: Scottsdale—Tempe AZ-6: Chandler—Mesa AZ-7: Southwest Arizona AZ-8: Cochise—Tucson AR-1: Arkansas Delta AR-2: Little Rock AR-3: Northwest Arkansas AR-4: South Arkansas Gets to be difficult when constituencies are gerrymandered into odd geographical mishmashes though. Try mine for example: OH-4 Lima-Mansfield seems appropriate for OH-4. Its not pretty but it could be worse. OH-6, OH-13, and OH-18 are the worst ones. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: MaxQue on July 29, 2009, 09:54:24 PM I hate districts with names of people. I don't know why it has become so popular in Quebec. Anyways, I remember doing this when I first joined the Atlas. It certainly had its moments. By the way, Elections Canada is talking of the ''March 9, 2009'' 40th general election! http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=ele&dir=40ge&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false (http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=ele&dir=40ge&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false) Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Person Man on July 30, 2009, 12:23:50 AM Let me continue this list-
Names probably suck because of rapid growth and corruption on top of it (gerrymandering) FL-01 - West Florida FL-02- Pensacola FL-03- St. John's-University of Florida FL-04- Lake City FL-05- Nature Coast FL-06- Ocala Forest FL-07- St.Augustine FL-08- Orlando FL-09- Clearwater-Thonotosasa FL-10- Rural Pinellas FL-11- Tampa Bay FL-12- Lakeland FL-13- Sarasota-Brandenton FL-14- Naples FL-15- St.Cloud-Atlantic FL-16- Palm Beach-Okeechobee FL-17- North Miami FL-18- Miami-Keys FL-19- Coral Springs- North FL-20- Ft. Lauderdale FL-21- Haileah FL-22- North Gold Coast FL-23- Pompano- Okeechobee FL-24- Space Coast FL-25- Crocodile Bay Georgia GA-1- South Savanah GA-2- Southest Georgia GA-3- Western Georgia GA-4- East Atlanta GA-5- Atlanta GA-6- North Atlanta GA-7- Exurban North Atlanta GA-8- Macon GA-9- Georgia Mountain Zone GA-10- Athens GA-11- Northeastern Georgia GA-12- Savanah GA-13- South Atlanta Hawaii HI-1- North Hawaii HI-2- Oahu Idaho- ID-1- Teton West Slope ID-2- Couer D'Arlene-Boise Illinois- IL-1- Nearer Eastern Chicago IL-2- Further Eastern Chicago IL-3- South Chicago IL-4- Chicago Centro IL-5- Chicago Northlake IL-6- Northeast Chicago Exurbs IL-7- Northern Chicago IL-8- Northern Chicago Exurbs IL-9- Northen Chicaho Suburbs IL-10- North Chicago IL-11- Bloomington-Normal IL-12- East St. Louis IL-13- Southwestern Chicago IL-14- Aurora IL-15- Champaign IL-16- Rockford IL-17- Quad Cities IL-18- Springfeild IL-19- Mount Vernon Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Vepres on July 30, 2009, 12:52:21 AM More names:
CO-2: Hippies of the west CO-5: The we're almost as radical as the Mormons district MN-6: WTF AZ-2: So gerrymandered it's not even funny CA-30: Rats Hope you get the last one. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Platypus on July 30, 2009, 12:04:31 PM I like the Australian system, because it's inclusive. Take my seat for example - its current name is Melbourne Ports, which is ridiculous because it doesn't even include the current main port, although it did at federation - it linked the naval base at williamstown through the yarra mouth docks to Port Melbourne, which was the main passenger dock as well as important for shipping. Now, it heads along the beach to the southeastern suburbs. Even if the name had changed over time, it'd be something like Caulfield-St. Kilda-South Melbourne, excluding all the other localities within the seat. Changing it something like "Crean", "Whitlam" or "Cheng" would be great - or at least "Hobson's Bay" or "Port Phillip".
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on July 30, 2009, 03:45:11 PM Suggestions for SC:
SC-1:Charleston-Grand Strand SC-2:Midlands-Lower Savannah River SC-3:Upper Savannah River SC-4:Greenville-Spartanburg SC-5:Northern South Carolina SC-6:Lowcountry Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: muon2 on July 30, 2009, 10:28:26 PM Illinois- IL-1- Nearer Eastern Chicago IL-2- Further Eastern Chicago IL-3- South Chicago IL-4- Chicago Centro IL-5- Chicago Northlake IL-6- Northeast Chicago Exurbs IL-7- Northern Chicago IL-8- Northern Chicago Exurbs IL-9- Northen Chicaho Suburbs IL-10- North Chicago IL-11- Bloomington-Normal IL-12- East St. Louis IL-13- Southwestern Chicago IL-14- Aurora IL-15- Champaign IL-16- Rockford IL-17- Quad Cities IL-18- Springfeild IL-19- Mount Vernon I'd make a few changes to your list for IL: IL-1- Nearer Eastern Chicago (Chicago South Side): This is really the heart of the south side going into South Cook. It would be confusing to put any compass direction in front of "Chicago" since there are suburbs that use that form. IL-2- Further Eastern Chicago (Chicago South Shore): East Chicago is in IN, so it's confusing here. The lake is an easy reference and the district even includes a neighborhood known as South Shore. IL-3- South Chicago (Chicago Midway): The Chicago parts of this district are never called south, but they are called southwest. Midway airport is centrally located and is a frequent reference name for the neighborhoods in that area, though if you used Chicago-Southwest Cook I wouldn't complain. IL-4- Chicago Centro (Chicago Logan Square-Cicero): Your name is cute, but it isn't really the center which is in CD-7. Logan Square is the dominant neighborhood in the northern piece and Cicero (10th largest in IL) is the largest non-Chicago community on the south piece of the district, though you could just as easily use the neighborhood name and call it Chicago Logan Square - Little Village. IL-5- Chicago Northlake (Chicago North Side): Northlake isn't that big, and not much of the district is outside the city. There's a lot of separate neighborhood names I might choose from, but north side says it pretty well. IL-6- Northeast Chicago Exurbs (DuPage): The suburbs here aren't in the northeast, if anything they include a large part of what are called the northwest and west suburbs. These are also not exurbs - those are currently in CDs 11, 14 and 16 a good 20 miles farther out than CD 6. DuPage County dominates the district and is a pretty clear choice for this district unless you want to use Wheaton which is the county seat and largest city in the district. IL-7- Northern Chicago (Chicago West Side): There's nothing northern about this district. I could use the dominant neighborhood and call it Chicago Austin (over 100 K residents), but west side is pretty clear. IL-8- Northern Chicago Exurbs (Schaumburg): The McHenry and far northern Lake parts of the district are exurban, but a lot of the population is in northwest Cook County. Schaumburg anchors NW Cook, is the 16th largest community in IL, and is the 2nd largest job center in the state after the Loop. IL-9- Northen Chicaho Suburbs (Evanston): Northern Chicago Suburbs suggests parts of CD 8 and 10 to the locals here. Evanston or Evanston-North Cook would describe this better. IL-10- North Chicago (Waukegan-Arlington Heights) Waukegan (9th largest in IL) and Arlington Heights (14th largest) are both much more significant communities than North Chicago and they nicely anchor ends of the district. IL-11- Bloomington-Normal (Joliet): B-N is at the end of a gerrymander and is not that significant to the district. This is the Will County seat and Joliet is the 4th largest city in the state. IL-12- East St. Louis: Not a bad choice, but if a hyphen was used East St. Louis-Carbondale would give a better sense of the scope of the district. IL-13- Southwestern Chicago (Naperville): Naperville is the fifth largest city in the state and dominates the district with almost a quarter of the population. IL-14- Aurora (Aurora-Elgin): Elgin (8th largest in IL) is almost as significant of a community as Aurora in the district, especially since the DuPage part of Aurora is in IL 13. If you had to go with one, Aurora is the right choice. IL-15- Champaign: Good choice IL-16- Rockford: Good choice IL-17- Quad Cities: Good choice IL-18- Springfeild (Peoria): Springfield is fairly evenly split between IL-18 and 19 with a block-wide slice of IL-17 down the middle. Peoria is the dominant city in the district. IL-19- Mount Vernon (Southern Illinois): There's no dominant community in this district, and a big chunk of the population is in the Metro East suburbs of St. Louis. I'd go with the generic name. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: ?????????? on July 30, 2009, 10:33:50 PM FL-09- Clearwater-Thonotosasa FL-10- Rural Pinellas FL-09- Rural Greece to Rural Biblebelt FL-10- Beachfront and Bayside I'd hardly call FL 10 rural. That's hilarious to say the least. And you spelled Thonotosassa wrong. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 30, 2009, 10:49:49 PM Many of the names presented are fail. muon seems to understand how this works, though.
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: fezzyfestoon on July 30, 2009, 11:06:38 PM New Jersey:
1 - Camden 2 - South Jersey 3 - Cherry Hill-Long Beach 4 - Trenton-Point Pleasant 5 - North Bergen-Phillipsburg 6 - New Brunswick-Asbury Park 7 - Union-North Hunterdon 8 - Paterson 9 - South Bergen 10 - Newark 11 - Morris 12 - Princeton 13 - Hudson It's hard when most of them stretch across the state joining completely unrelated areas. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: HAnnA MArin County on July 31, 2009, 12:35:09 AM Oh yay, this sounds fun! Can I submit Missouri? I don't know if I did it right, but here goes! :)
MO-01: St. Louis City - University City, Maryland Heights, Florissant MO-02: St. Louis Suburbs - St. Charles, St. Peters, Chesterfield, Kirkwood MO-03: Southern St. Louis & Suburbs - Webster Groves, Oakville, Mehlville, Arnold, Festus, Ste. Genevieve MO-04: West Central - Jefferson City, Sedalia, Warrensburg, Marshall, Lebanon MO-05: Kansas City - Independence, Raytown, Lees Summit MO-06: Northwest - St. Joseph, Blue Springs, Liberty, Maryville, Excelsior Springs MO-07: Southwest - Springfield, Joplin, Neosho, Carthage, Branson MO-08: Southeast - Cape Girardeau, Rolla, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, Farmington, Jackson, West Plains, Kennett MO-09: Northeast - Columbia, Moberly, Hannibal, Kirksville Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: muon2 on July 31, 2009, 12:41:05 AM Many of the names presented are fail. muon seems to understand how this works, though. Thanks. :) Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Хahar 🤔 on July 31, 2009, 03:53:47 PM Many of the names presented are fail. muon seems to understand how this works, though. Do I? Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: TeePee4Prez on July 31, 2009, 03:56:57 PM Pennsylvania
PA-01: Philadelphia East and Southwest PA-02: Philadelphia North and West PA-03: Northwestern Pennsylvania- Erie PA-04: Northern Pittsburgh Suburbs PA-05: North Central PA- State College PA-06: Western Philadelphia Suburbs- Norristown PA-07: Southwestern Philadelphia Suburbs- Media PA-08: Northern Philadelphia Suburbs- Doylestown PA-09: West South Central Pennsylvania- Altoona PA-10: Far Northeastern Pennsylvania- Williamsport, Eastern Poconos PA-11: Lower Northeastern Pennsylvania- Scranton, Hazelton, Stroudsburg PA-12: MURTHASTAN. No kidding! Southwestern Pennsylvania- Johnstown, Uniontown PA-13: Northeast Philadelphia-Eastern Montgomery PA-14: Greater Pittsburgh PA-15: Lehigh Valley- Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton PA-16: (East South Central/Outer Southeast?) Pennsylvania- West Chester, Lancaster PA-17: East Central Pennsylvania- Harrisburg, Pottsville PA-18: Southern Pittsburgh Suburbs PA-19: South Central Pennsylvania- York, Gettysburg Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 31, 2009, 04:51:39 PM Many of the names presented are fail. muon seems to understand how this works, though. Do I? Somewhat, although one should never use a direction before a name, unless that is a common name for the area. In Canada, only one riding starts with a direction (South Surrey). They rest end in a direction. Otherwise, they're decent names. Love the emdashes! Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Verily on July 31, 2009, 05:07:59 PM NY-01: Suffolk Outer
NY-02: Suffolk Inner NY-03: Levittown and Islip NY-04: Hempstead NY-05: Great Neck and Queens Flushing NY-06: Queens Jamaica NY-07: Bronx East and Queens Elmhurst NY-08: Manhattan West and Brooklyn Gravesend NY-09: Brooklyn Marine Park, Queens Woodhaven and Rockaway NY-10: Brooklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant and New Lots NY-11: Brooklyn Prospect Park NY-12: Brooklyn Williamsburg and Greenwood NY-13: Staten Island and Brooklyn Bay Ridge NY-14: Manhattan East and Queens Astoria NY-15: Manhattan North NY-16: Bronx South NY-17: Bronx North and Rockland NY-18: Westchester (alternatively, White Plains) NY-19: Hudson Valley South NY-20: Hudson Valley North NY-21: Albany and Schenectady NY-22: Kingston and Ithaca NY-23: Watertown and the Adirondacks NY-24: Utica and Auburn (I don't know, this district sucks) NY-25: Syracuse NY-26: Batavia NY-27: Buffalo NY-28: Rochester and Niagara Falls NY-29: Southern Tier Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 31, 2009, 05:19:29 PM "outer" and "inner" should never be used in constituency names. I don't think they do that in the UK, do they?
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on July 31, 2009, 05:20:56 PM The idiots at the boundary commision have started to, alas. Still rare though.
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 31, 2009, 05:34:39 PM Massachusetts
MA1 - Massachusetts West-Montachusett MA2 - Springfield-Northampton-South County-Blackstone Valley MA3 - Worcester-Middlesex-Norfolk-Bristol MA4 - South Coast-Boston Southwest MA5 - Merrimack Valley MA6 - North Shore MA7 - Boston North-Framingham MA8 - Boston-Chelsea-Middlesex MA 9 - Boston South MA10 - South Shore-Cape Cod-The Islands Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: afleitch on July 31, 2009, 05:40:32 PM That reminds me...I used that applet to create UK sized consituencies for some states - need to remember to post them.
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Verily on July 31, 2009, 07:31:44 PM "outer" and "inner" should never be used in constituency names. I don't think they do that in the UK, do they? York Outer is a constituency on the new UK map. Plus, Suffolk Outer and Suffolk Inner describe the two seats better than Suffolk East and Suffolk West, which doesn't capture that the eastern seat is rural and exurban while the western seat is suburban. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 31, 2009, 08:15:58 PM CT 1 - Hartford-Litchfield Hills
CT 2 - Connecticut East CT 3 - Connecticut South Central CT 4 - Connecticut Panhandle CT 5 - Connecticut Northwest Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on July 31, 2009, 08:39:52 PM PA 1 - South Philadelphia-Delaware
PA 2 - West Philadelphia-Cheltenham PA 3 - Pennsylvania Northwest PA 4 - Lawrence-Mercer-Pittsburgh North PA 5 - Pennsylvania North Central PA 6 - Montgomery-Chester-Berks-Lehigh PA 7 - Delaware-Chester-Montgomery PA 8 - Bucks-Montgomery-Philadelphia PA 9 - Pennsylvania South Central PA 10 - Pennsylvania North East PA 11 - Coal Region-Monroe PA 12 - Pennsylvania Southwest PA 13 - Montgomery-Philadelphia PA 14 - Pittsburgh PA 15 - Lehigh Valley-Montgomery PA 16 - Lancaster-Chester-Berks PA 17 - Dutch Country-Schuykill PA 18 - Washington-Allegheny-Westmoreland PA 19 - York-Adams-Cumberland Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: TeePee4Prez on July 31, 2009, 09:21:20 PM PA 1 - South Philadelphia-Delaware PA 2 - West Philadelphia-Cheltenham PA 3 - Pennsylvania Northwest PA 4 - Lawrence-Mercer-Pittsburgh North PA 5 - Pennsylvania North Central PA 6 - Montgomery-Chester-Berks-Lehigh PA 7 - Delaware-Chester-Montgomery PA 8 - Bucks-Montgomery-Philadelphia PA 9 - Pennsylvania South Central PA 10 - Pennsylvania North East PA 11 - Coal Region-Monroe PA 12 - Pennsylvania Southwest PA 13 - Montgomery-Philadelphia PA 14 - Pittsburgh PA 15 - Lehigh Valley-Montgomery PA 16 - Lancaster-Chester-Berks PA 17 - Dutch Country-Schuykill PA 18 - Washington-Allegheny-Westmoreland PA 19 - York-Adams-Cumberland PA 17 is not really Dutch Country, but it has some elements. The heart of Dutch Country is in PA 16. PA 17 could be called "Capital Region-Berks-Schuykill" Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on August 01, 2009, 12:17:36 AM NY 1 - Suffolk East
NY 2 - Suffolk West-Plainview NY 3 - Nassau East-South Shore NY 4 - Nassau South NY 5 - North Shore Long Island NY 6 - Queens Southeast NY 7 - Queens-Bronx NY 8 - West Side-Brooklyn NY 9 - Brooklyn-Queens NY 10 - Brooklyn Northeast NY 11 - Brooklyn Center NY 12 - Brooklyn-Queens-Lower East Side NY 13 - Staten Island-Brooklyn NY 14 - East Side-Queens NY 15 - Upper Manhattan-Queens NY 16 - Bronx West NY 17 - Rockland-Westchester-Bronx NY 18 - Westchester-Rockland NY 19 - Lower Hudson Valley NY 20 - Upper Hudson Valley-Catskills NY 21 - Capital District NY 22 - Catskills-Finger Lakes NY 23 - Adirondacks-Seaway NY 24 - New York Central NY 25 - Syracuse-Lake Ontario NY 26 - New York West NY 27 - Erie-Chautauqua NY 28 - Buffalo-Niagara-Lake Ontario-Rochester NY 29 - Southern Tier-Finger Lakes Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on August 01, 2009, 12:18:49 AM PA 1 - South Philadelphia-Delaware PA 2 - West Philadelphia-Cheltenham PA 3 - Pennsylvania Northwest PA 4 - Lawrence-Mercer-Pittsburgh North PA 5 - Pennsylvania North Central PA 6 - Montgomery-Chester-Berks-Lehigh PA 7 - Delaware-Chester-Montgomery PA 8 - Bucks-Montgomery-Philadelphia PA 9 - Pennsylvania South Central PA 10 - Pennsylvania North East PA 11 - Coal Region-Monroe PA 12 - Pennsylvania Southwest PA 13 - Montgomery-Philadelphia PA 14 - Pittsburgh PA 15 - Lehigh Valley-Montgomery PA 16 - Lancaster-Chester-Berks PA 17 - Dutch Country-Schuykill PA 18 - Washington-Allegheny-Westmoreland PA 19 - York-Adams-Cumberland PA 17 is not really Dutch Country, but it has some elements. The heart of Dutch Country is in PA 16. PA 17 could be called "Capital Region-Berks-Schuykill" That might work. I was going by Wikipedia's definition of regions, since that's all I have to base some of these places. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on August 01, 2009, 01:03:20 AM NJ 1 - Camden-Gloucester-Burlington
NJ 2 - South Jersey NJ 3 - Burlington-Ocean-Cherry Hill NJ 4 - Burlington-Monmouth-Mercer-Ocean NJ 5 - Bergen-Passaic-Sussex-Warren NJ 6 - Monmouth-Sussex-Franklin-Plainfield NJ 7 - Hunterdon-Middlesex-Somerset-Union NJ 8 - Essex-Passaic NJ 9 - Bergen-Hudson-Hawthorne NJ 10 - Essex-Hudson-Union NJ 11 - Skylands NJ 12 - Central Jersey NJ 13 - Hudson-Middlesex-Essex-Newark Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on August 01, 2009, 01:10:58 AM MD 1 - Eastern Shore-Anne Arundel-Baltimore-Harford
MD 2 - Baltimore-Chesapeake MD 3 - Baltimore-Anne Arundel-Harford MD 4 - Prince George's-Montgomery MD 5 - Maryland South-Capital MD 6 - Maryland West MD 7 - Baltimore-Howard MD 8 - Capital North Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Lunar on August 01, 2009, 02:38:32 AM better names than the major cities for WV?
WV 1 - Parkersburg-Morgantown WV 2 – Charleston-Martinsburg WV 3 – Huntington-Bluefield Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Lief 🗽 on August 01, 2009, 04:18:46 AM Here's my (probably mediocre) shot at Texas. Is there a certain order the locations are supposed to go in in a constituency name? From biggest to smallest or from west to east or something?
TX-01: Tyler-Longview TX-02: Beaumont-Port Arthur-Houston Northeast TX-03: Plano-Dallas Northeast TX-04: Rayburn (or Sherman-Paris-Texarkana, if you want to be boring) TX-05: Dallas Southeast-Jacksonville TX-06: Dallas Southwest-Crockett TX-07: Houston West TX-08: The Woodlands-Beaumont North TX-09: Houston South TX-10: East Central Texas TX-11: West Central Texas TX-12: Fort Worth West TX-13: Texas Panhandle-Wichita Falls TX-14: Texas Coastal Bend North TX-15: South Central Texas TX-16: El Paso TX-17: Waco-College Station TX-18: Houston Center TX-19: Lubbock-Abilene TX-20: San Antonio TX-21: Texas Hill Country TX-22: Sugarland-Houston Southeast TX-23: Southwest Texas TX-24: Fort Worth East-Dallas West TX-25: Austin TX-26: Denton TX-27: Texas Coastal Bend South TX-28: Laredo-San Antonio South TX-29: Houston East-Baytown TX-30: Dallas Center and South TX-31: Round Rock-Killeen TX-32: Dallas North Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on August 01, 2009, 09:39:40 AM Here's my (probably mediocre) shot at Texas. Is there a certain order the locations are supposed to go in in a constituency name? From biggest to smallest or from west to east or something? I think it's usually bigger to smaller, but I'm not 100% sure to be honest (for Canada, anyways). Sometimes it's in geographical order as well (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell comes to mind). Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on August 01, 2009, 09:59:00 AM VA 1 - Chesepeake
VA 2 - Peninsula-Hampton Roads-Virginia Beach VA 3 - James River VA 4 - Virginia Southeast VA 5 - Virginia South Central VA 6 - Roanoke-Lynchburg-Shenandoah VA 7 - Richmond-Appalachia VA 8 - Arlington-Fairfax-Alexandria-Falls Church VA 9 - Virginia Southwest VA 10 - Virginia North VA 11 - Fairfax-Prince William Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: fezzyfestoon on August 01, 2009, 10:06:35 AM NJ 1 - Camden-Gloucester-Burlington NJ 2 - South Jersey NJ 3 - Burlington-Ocean-Cherry Hill NJ 4 - Burlington-Monmouth-Mercer-Ocean NJ 5 - Bergen-Passaic-Sussex-Warren NJ 6 - Monmouth-Sussex-Franklin-Plainfield NJ 7 - Hunterdon-Middlesex-Somerset-Union NJ 8 - Essex-Passaic NJ 9 - Bergen-Hudson-Hawthorne NJ 10 - Essex-Hudson-Union NJ 11 - Skylands NJ 12 - Central Jersey NJ 13 - Hudson-Middlesex-Essex-Newark Skylands is kind of a stretch to call the Morris County based 11, but I like these. What do you think of the ones I did? I'll admit I don't know much about this. :P Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hatman 🍁 on August 01, 2009, 10:15:35 AM NJ 1 - Camden-Gloucester-Burlington NJ 2 - South Jersey NJ 3 - Burlington-Ocean-Cherry Hill NJ 4 - Burlington-Monmouth-Mercer-Ocean NJ 5 - Bergen-Passaic-Sussex-Warren NJ 6 - Monmouth-Sussex-Franklin-Plainfield NJ 7 - Hunterdon-Middlesex-Somerset-Union NJ 8 - Essex-Passaic NJ 9 - Bergen-Hudson-Hawthorne NJ 10 - Essex-Hudson-Union NJ 11 - Skylands NJ 12 - Central Jersey NJ 13 - Hudson-Middlesex-Essex-Newark Skylands is kind of a stretch to call the Morris County based 11, but I like these. What do you think of the ones I did? I'll admit I don't know much about this. :P Quote 1 - Camden Not too bad actually, but I'm not a fan of using singular names for regions that encompass a greater area. And also, directionals should not precede the district name (South Jersey being an exception). 2 - South Jersey 3 - Cherry Hill-Long Beach 4 - Trenton-Point Pleasant 5 - North Bergen-Phillipsburg 6 - New Brunswick-Asbury Park 7 - Union-North Hunterdon 8 - Paterson 9 - South Bergen 10 - Newark 11 - Morris 12 - Princeton 13 - Hudson Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Sbane on August 03, 2009, 07:36:21 AM CA-1: Napa—North Coast CA-2: Redding CA-3: Outer Sacramento CA-4: Northeast California CA-5: Sacramento CA-6: Marin—Sonoma CA-7: Richmond—Vacaville CA-8: San Francisco CA-9: Oakland CA-10: Fairfield—Livermore CA-11: Dublin—Tracy CA-12: San Mateo CA-13: Alameda—Fremont CA-14: Redwood City CA-15: San Jose West CA-16: San Jose East CA-17: Monterey CA-18: San Joaquin West CA-19: Yosemite CA-20: Fresno CA-21: San Joaquin East CA-22: Bakersfield CA-23: Central Coast—Channel Islands CA-24: Santa Ynez CA-25: Inner California CA-26: San Gabriel Valley CA-27: San Fernando West CA-28: San Fernando East CA-29: Glendale—Pasadena CA-30: Santa Monica CA-31: Los Angeles Center CA-32: East Los Angeles CA-33: Culver City CA-34: Huntington Park CA-35: Inglewood CA-36: Torrance—Venice CA-37: Long Beach CA-38: Norwalk—Pomona CA-39: Lynwood CA-40: Orange North CA-41: Inland Empire CA-42: Los Angeles—Orange CA-43: San Bernardino CA-44: Orange—Riverside CA-45: Riverside CA-46: Santa Catalina CA-47: Santa Ana CA-48: Orange South CA-49: Oceanside—Temecula CA-50: Escondido CA-51: Chula Vista—Imperial CA-52: San Diego East CA-53: San Diego Here are my changes for some of the California districts. CA-3: Citrus Heights-Elk Grove CA-9: Oakland-Berkeley CA-10: Fairfield- Walnut Creek-Livermore CA-11: Pleasanton-Tracy CA-12: San Mateo-Daly City CA-14: Sunnyvale-Redwood City CA-17: Monterey-Santa Cruz CA-18: Stockton-Modesto CA-19: Fresno north-Turlock CA-20: Fresno-Bakersfield east CA-21: Clovis-Visalia CA-22: Bakersfield-Lancaster CA-23: Santa Barbara-Oxnard CA-24: Thousand Oaks-Simi Valley CA-25: Santa Clarita-Palmdale CA-26: Rancho Cucamonga-Arcadia CA-27: Burbank-San Fernando valley west CA-28: San Fernando valley east CA-30: Santa Monica- Los Angeles west CA-31: Hollywood- Griffith park CA-32: El Monte-West Covina CA-33: Culver City- Miracle mile CA-34: Downtown Los Angeles-Downey CA-35: Los Angeles south-Inglewood CA-37: Long Beach-Compton CA-38: Norwalk-Pico Rivera-Pomona CA-39: Whittier-Lakewood-South Gate CA-40: Fullerton-Orange CA-41: Redlands-Hesperia CA-42: Mission Viejo-Yorba Linda-Chino valley CA-43: San Bernardino-Ontario CA-44: Riverside-Corona CA-45: Palm Springs-Moreno Valley CA-46: Huntington Beach-Westminster CA-47: Santa Ana-Anaheim CA-48: Irvine-Laguna CA-50: Escondido-Carlsbad CA-52: San Diego east- El Cajon Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Brittain33 on August 03, 2009, 11:33:17 AM Massachusetts MA5 - Merrimack Valley Vale of Merrimack Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: minionofmidas on August 03, 2009, 04:49:01 PM The idiots at the boundary commision have started to, alas. Still rare though. But of course Suffolk Central and Suffolk Outer makes no sense. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: minionofmidas on August 03, 2009, 04:50:02 PM AZ-1: Northeast Arizona AZ-2: Northwest Arizona AZ-3: Phoenix North AZ-4: Phoenix South AZ-5: Scottsdale—Tempe AZ-6: Chandler—Mesa AZ-7: Southwest Arizona AZ-8: Cochise—Tucson Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: nclib on August 03, 2009, 07:43:31 PM NC-1: northern Coastal Plain
NC-2: Raleigh south and east NC-3: southern Coastal Plain and Outer Banks NC-4: Research Triangle NC-5: Winston-Salem and northwest NC NC-6: outer Greensboro NC-7: Fayetteville-Wilmington NC-8: Charlotte and south central NC NC-9: Charlotte-Gastonia NC-10: Foothills NC-11: Mountain West NC-12: Charlotte and I-85 corridor NC-13: Greensboro-Raleigh Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Verily on August 03, 2009, 08:44:33 PM NJ 1 - Camden
NJ 2 - Atlantic City and Vineland NJ 3 - Willingboro, Mount Holly and Toms River NJ 4 - Trenton East, Freehold and Point Pleasant NJ 5 - Piedmont NJ 6 - New Brunswick and Long Branch NJ 7 - Scotch Plains and something? (I don't know.) NJ 8 - Paterson NJ 9 - Hackensack NJ 10 - Newark NJ 11 - Morristown NJ 12 - Trenton West and the Brunswicks NJ 13 - Jersey City Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: The Illinoisian on August 05, 2009, 01:16:35 AM The Voting Rights Act districts should be fun. Negroes of Maryland perhaps... The Earmuffs Empire of Chicago. IL-17 is a fun one, too. I'll say. I guess, Moline-Decatur-Springfield Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Joe Republic on August 05, 2009, 01:19:34 AM NC-12 = 'Piedmont Piss-Streak'
Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: muon2 on August 05, 2009, 06:53:27 AM The Voting Rights Act districts should be fun. Negroes of Maryland perhaps... The Earmuffs Empire of Chicago. IL-17 is a fun one, too. I'll say. I guess, Moline-Decatur-Springfield The trick is that there isn't more than about a third of Springfield in the district, primarily on the northeast side. The part of the district on the west side and downtown is one block wide. The rest of Springfield is split between CD's 18 and 19 on either side of that thin line of CD 17. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: The Illinoisian on August 05, 2009, 10:51:05 AM The Voting Rights Act districts should be fun. Negroes of Maryland perhaps... The Earmuffs Empire of Chicago. IL-17 is a fun one, too. I'll say. I guess, Moline-Decatur-Springfield The trick is that there isn't more than about a third of Springfield in the district, primarily on the northeast side. The part of the district on the west side and downtown is one block wide. The rest of Springfield is split between CD's 18 and 19 on either side of that thin line of CD 17. Yeah, I remember when I was an intern for Shimkus they had a blown up map of Springfield, that way they could know for sure if the person calling was from the 19th. Litterally at one point, on the south side of a street was the 19th, the street was the 17th, and the northside was the 18th. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: The Illinoisian on August 05, 2009, 12:25:25 PM Illinois- IL-1- Nearer Eastern Chicago IL-2- Further Eastern Chicago IL-3- South Chicago IL-4- Chicago Centro IL-5- Chicago Northlake IL-6- Northeast Chicago Exurbs IL-7- Northern Chicago IL-8- Northern Chicago Exurbs IL-9- Northen Chicaho Suburbs IL-10- North Chicago IL-11- Bloomington-Normal IL-12- East St. Louis IL-13- Southwestern Chicago IL-14- Aurora IL-15- Champaign IL-16- Rockford IL-17- Quad Cities IL-18- Springfeild IL-19- Mount Vernon I'd make a few changes to your list for IL: IL-1- Nearer Eastern Chicago (Chicago South Side): This is really the heart of the south side going into South Cook. It would be confusing to put any compass direction in front of "Chicago" since there are suburbs that use that form. IL-2- Further Eastern Chicago (Chicago South Shore): East Chicago is in IN, so it's confusing here. The lake is an easy reference and the district even includes a neighborhood known as South Shore. IL-3- South Chicago (Chicago Midway): The Chicago parts of this district are never called south, but they are called southwest. Midway airport is centrally located and is a frequent reference name for the neighborhoods in that area, though if you used Chicago-Southwest Cook I wouldn't complain. IL-4- Chicago Centro (Chicago Logan Square-Cicero): Your name is cute, but it isn't really the center which is in CD-7. Logan Square is the dominant neighborhood in the northern piece and Cicero (10th largest in IL) is the largest non-Chicago community on the south piece of the district, though you could just as easily use the neighborhood name and call it Chicago Logan Square - Little Village. IL-5- Chicago Northlake (Chicago North Side): Northlake isn't that big, and not much of the district is outside the city. There's a lot of separate neighborhood names I might choose from, but north side says it pretty well. IL-6- Northeast Chicago Exurbs (DuPage): The suburbs here aren't in the northeast, if anything they include a large part of what are called the northwest and west suburbs. These are also not exurbs - those are currently in CDs 11, 14 and 16 a good 20 miles farther out than CD 6. DuPage County dominates the district and is a pretty clear choice for this district unless you want to use Wheaton which is the county seat and largest city in the district. IL-7- Northern Chicago (Chicago West Side): There's nothing northern about this district. I could use the dominant neighborhood and call it Chicago Austin (over 100 K residents), but west side is pretty clear. IL-8- Northern Chicago Exurbs (Schaumburg): The McHenry and far northern Lake parts of the district are exurban, but a lot of the population is in northwest Cook County. Schaumburg anchors NW Cook, is the 16th largest community in IL, and is the 2nd largest job center in the state after the Loop. IL-9- Northen Chicaho Suburbs (Evanston): Northern Chicago Suburbs suggests parts of CD 8 and 10 to the locals here. Evanston or Evanston-North Cook would describe this better. IL-10- North Chicago (Waukegan-Arlington Heights) Waukegan (9th largest in IL) and Arlington Heights (14th largest) are both much more significant communities than North Chicago and they nicely anchor ends of the district. IL-11- Bloomington-Normal (Joliet): B-N is at the end of a gerrymander and is not that significant to the district. This is the Will County seat and Joliet is the 4th largest city in the state. IL-12- East St. Louis: Not a bad choice, but if a hyphen was used East St. Louis-Carbondale would give a better sense of the scope of the district. IL-13- Southwestern Chicago (Naperville): Naperville is the fifth largest city in the state and dominates the district with almost a quarter of the population. IL-14- Aurora (Aurora-Elgin): Elgin (8th largest in IL) is almost as significant of a community as Aurora in the district, especially since the DuPage part of Aurora is in IL 13. If you had to go with one, Aurora is the right choice. IL-15- Champaign: Good choice IL-16- Rockford: Good choice IL-17- Quad Cities: Good choice IL-18- Springfeild (Peoria): Springfield is fairly evenly split between IL-18 and 19 with a block-wide slice of IL-17 down the middle. Peoria is the dominant city in the district. IL-19- Mount Vernon (Southern Illinois): There's no dominant community in this district, and a big chunk of the population is in the Metro East suburbs of St. Louis. I'd go with the generic name. Good choices, though for 12 I would say Belleville is a better choice then ESL, as it is the dominiate community in St. Clair County. So maybe, Alton-Belleville-Carbondale? Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: muon2 on August 05, 2009, 04:11:52 PM Illinois- IL-1- Nearer Eastern Chicago IL-2- Further Eastern Chicago IL-3- South Chicago IL-4- Chicago Centro IL-5- Chicago Northlake IL-6- Northeast Chicago Exurbs IL-7- Northern Chicago IL-8- Northern Chicago Exurbs IL-9- Northen Chicaho Suburbs IL-10- North Chicago IL-11- Bloomington-Normal IL-12- East St. Louis IL-13- Southwestern Chicago IL-14- Aurora IL-15- Champaign IL-16- Rockford IL-17- Quad Cities IL-18- Springfeild IL-19- Mount Vernon I'd make a few changes to your list for IL: IL-1- Nearer Eastern Chicago (Chicago South Side): This is really the heart of the south side going into South Cook. It would be confusing to put any compass direction in front of "Chicago" since there are suburbs that use that form. IL-2- Further Eastern Chicago (Chicago South Shore): East Chicago is in IN, so it's confusing here. The lake is an easy reference and the district even includes a neighborhood known as South Shore. IL-3- South Chicago (Chicago Midway): The Chicago parts of this district are never called south, but they are called southwest. Midway airport is centrally located and is a frequent reference name for the neighborhoods in that area, though if you used Chicago-Southwest Cook I wouldn't complain. IL-4- Chicago Centro (Chicago Logan Square-Cicero): Your name is cute, but it isn't really the center which is in CD-7. Logan Square is the dominant neighborhood in the northern piece and Cicero (10th largest in IL) is the largest non-Chicago community on the south piece of the district, though you could just as easily use the neighborhood name and call it Chicago Logan Square - Little Village. IL-5- Chicago Northlake (Chicago North Side): Northlake isn't that big, and not much of the district is outside the city. There's a lot of separate neighborhood names I might choose from, but north side says it pretty well. IL-6- Northeast Chicago Exurbs (DuPage): The suburbs here aren't in the northeast, if anything they include a large part of what are called the northwest and west suburbs. These are also not exurbs - those are currently in CDs 11, 14 and 16 a good 20 miles farther out than CD 6. DuPage County dominates the district and is a pretty clear choice for this district unless you want to use Wheaton which is the county seat and largest city in the district. IL-7- Northern Chicago (Chicago West Side): There's nothing northern about this district. I could use the dominant neighborhood and call it Chicago Austin (over 100 K residents), but west side is pretty clear. IL-8- Northern Chicago Exurbs (Schaumburg): The McHenry and far northern Lake parts of the district are exurban, but a lot of the population is in northwest Cook County. Schaumburg anchors NW Cook, is the 16th largest community in IL, and is the 2nd largest job center in the state after the Loop. IL-9- Northen Chicaho Suburbs (Evanston): Northern Chicago Suburbs suggests parts of CD 8 and 10 to the locals here. Evanston or Evanston-North Cook would describe this better. IL-10- North Chicago (Waukegan-Arlington Heights) Waukegan (9th largest in IL) and Arlington Heights (14th largest) are both much more significant communities than North Chicago and they nicely anchor ends of the district. IL-11- Bloomington-Normal (Joliet): B-N is at the end of a gerrymander and is not that significant to the district. This is the Will County seat and Joliet is the 4th largest city in the state. IL-12- East St. Louis: Not a bad choice, but if a hyphen was used East St. Louis-Carbondale would give a better sense of the scope of the district. IL-13- Southwestern Chicago (Naperville): Naperville is the fifth largest city in the state and dominates the district with almost a quarter of the population. IL-14- Aurora (Aurora-Elgin): Elgin (8th largest in IL) is almost as significant of a community as Aurora in the district, especially since the DuPage part of Aurora is in IL 13. If you had to go with one, Aurora is the right choice. IL-15- Champaign: Good choice IL-16- Rockford: Good choice IL-17- Quad Cities: Good choice IL-18- Springfeild (Peoria): Springfield is fairly evenly split between IL-18 and 19 with a block-wide slice of IL-17 down the middle. Peoria is the dominant city in the district. IL-19- Mount Vernon (Southern Illinois): There's no dominant community in this district, and a big chunk of the population is in the Metro East suburbs of St. Louis. I'd go with the generic name. Good choices, though for 12 I would say Belleville is a better choice then ESL, as it is the dominiate community in St. Clair County. So maybe, Alton-Belleville-Carbondale? I agree that Belleville is better than ESL, but Alton and ESL are about the same size, so I'd just go with one town from Metro East. Thus, Belleville-Carbondale. Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: Hillary 2016 on August 08, 2009, 02:58:02 AM Here's mine for PA:
1. Chester-South Philadelphia (D) 2. North Philadelphia (D) 3. Erie (D) 4. West Pennsylvania (D) 5. North Central Pennsylvania (R) 6. Berks-Chester-Montgomery (R) 7. Delaware (D) 8. Bucks (D) 9. South Central Pennsylvania (R) 10. Northeast Pennsylvania (D) 11. Coal Country (D) 12. Gerrymandered Piece of BS (D) 13. Montgomery (D) 14. Pittsburgh (D) 15. Lehigh Valley (D) 16. Amish Country (R) 17. Chocolateland (R) 18. Republican Gerrymandered Piece of BS (R) 19. York (R) And this would not work in the good old USA. Too much gerrymandering, not enough regional identification - although if I lived in PA-17, I'd sure remember my district(-: Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: RI on August 08, 2009, 02:29:15 PM My try at Washington.
WA-01: Shoreline-Kirkland-Kitsap North (I'm sure someone can come up with a better name...) WA-02: Everett-Bellingham-Islands WA-03: Olympia-Vancouver WA-04: Yakima-Wenatchee-Tri-Cities WA-05: Washington East WA-06: Tacoma-Olympic Peninsula WA-07: Seattle-Vashon WA-08: Eastside WA-09: Puget Sound South Title: Re: Naming American Constituencies Post by: bgwah on August 08, 2009, 05:26:06 PM WA-01: Northside
WA-02: Northwestern Washington WA-03: Southwestern Washington WA-04: Central Washington WA-05: Eastern Washington WA-06: Tacoma-Olympic Peninsula (I hate this district's borders) WA-07: Seattle WA-08: Eastside WA-09: Southside |