Politico: Problems for Harlem and Watts

[Verily]

Interesting, although I think we knew this already. None of the three black districts in LA were majority black in 2000, though, and nor was Rangel's, so there's no need to draw majority black seats.

Out of curiosity, what's the partisan split on CA-46 on your map?

I'm also curious how you drew the Asian districts; I've tried both but never managed either since Dave rejigged the maps when adding partisan data.

[Verily]

Well, Judy Chu right now holds a seat that is 18% Asian and 62% Hispanic (15% white, 3% black), and the primary was not particularly close, so... maybe. I think an Asian would probably win CA-33 (Koreatown has outsized political influence). In CA-28, most of the whites are Republicans, so the seat should be Hispanic-held.

[Verily]

Out of curiosity, what's the partisan split on CA-46 on your map?

My guess would be about a D+1 district. The only really democratic areas are Gardena and a few parts of San Pedro and Long Beach. Lakewood is probably right around the national average. Torrance is lean Republican although Obama won it. And then it has some Republican territory on the Palos verdes peninsula.

Answered my own question: 58% Obama, so D+5 in 2008. It was easy to do a close approximation of the district with partisan data.

Also, Torie's completely right on the demographic info.