US House Redistricting: New Mexico

[JohnnyLongtorso]

NM-01 should drop those rural counties to the east, it's kind of silly to have them in there.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

If you want to minimize county splits and make the map look good, here you go:



Only two counties are split, Valencia and Curry. NM-01 is 60-39 Obama and 46/43 Hispanic/white, NM-02 is 52-46 McCain and 51/43 Hispanic/white, and NM-03 is 63-36 Obama and 39/38/20 Hispanic/white/Native. The districts' population deviations are -14, -47, and 61, respectively.

Here's another alternative; this time, NM-01 goes up into Sandoval County. The two split counties are Roosevelt and Sandoval.



Doesn't really change the numbers significantly; NM-02 goes to 51-47 McCain. The deviations are 28, -150, and 122.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Oh look, a proposed map that won't go anywhere because the governor won't sign it.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Two McCain districts!



blue - 76.1 Obama, 30.9/49.8/16.7 white/Hispanic/Native VAP
green - 50.8 McCain, 50.4/39.4/6.3 white/Hispanic/Native VAP
purple - 52.1 McCain, 54.6/37.6/2.0 white/Hispanic/Native VAP

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Courts pick a minimum-change map.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Obama/McCain numbers from DKE:

NM-01: 59.7/39.0 (was 60/40)
NM-02: 48.5/50.1 (was 49/50)
NM-03: 61.2/37.6 (was 61/38)

So... pretty much no change.