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Bacon King
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« on: January 16, 2011, 09:39:48 AM »

How likely is it they will stick with a map similar to what they already have? A northern seat, a southern seat, and a seat that stretches though the center across the state.

If you read this thread, not very likely. WV is required by it's state law to not split counties unless absolutely necessary for population equality. The middle district is overpopulated relative to the other two so has to lose territory, but is only a single county wide through most of the state so making it smaller but with the same area isn't really possible.
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Bacon King
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E: -7.63, S: -9.49

« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2011, 10:47:40 AM »
« Edited: January 16, 2011, 10:50:04 AM by Bacon King »

Oh hey, actually, you can keep the districts pretty close to the same with only a few minor adjustments:

Gilmer from CD 1 to CD 2.
Lewis from CD 2 to CD 1.

Putnam from CD 2 to CD 3.
Nicholas and Webster from CD 3 to CD 2.

That puts CD 1 at +223, CD 2 at +413, and CD 3 at -637.

Don't know what effect that'd have on the 3rd district, though; Putnam has a lot of GOP votes.
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Bacon King
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 04:39:52 AM »

Democrats from the southern mining counties won't want Putnam (Charleston outer suburbia) in their district.
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Bacon King
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2012, 02:53:15 PM »

Stayed? So that means in this case... what, exactly? The Feds will hear the case, but the state map is used for 2012?

That appears to be the case, as far as I can tell.
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