US House Redistricting: Colorado

[Brittain33]

And with it all the districts. It's going to be pretty much just Jefferson County, which completly levels the playing field. Apparently Araphaoe is going into CD-1 (dem anyway) and I'd guess Adams will go into Cory Gardner's 4th district.

I'm curious what your source is--it's too early for any kind of plan--and how the numbers add up. Jefferson County is 200,000 short of a district, where are the rest coming from? Similarly, Denver + Arapahoe are well over a million people. Putting Adams County into the 4th district is more like putting the 4th district into Adams County; it would have half the district's population.

[Brittain33]

How much of CO-2 is in the Front Range south of Boulder? Is that area populated enough to make the district swingy?

[Brittain33]

Since the 2002 map was considered favorable to Dems, it's hard to see a remap being a big win. Although moving 4th from kinda sorta let's pretend it's competitive to safe R is good for Dems.