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« Reply #325 on: July 20, 2011, 06:52:33 PM »

I think it's pretty realistic. The only critique I'd have is to have the 1st and 2nd try to trade some territory to make the 2nd more Democratic and the 1st more Republican.
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« Reply #326 on: July 20, 2011, 10:51:20 PM »

I think it's pretty realistic. The only critique I'd have is to have the 1st and 2nd try to trade some territory to make the 2nd more Democratic and the 1st more Republican.

I can tinker with the border a bit more. I don't want it to look too goofy by having some weird tentacle going even further into SW Snohomish.

I may also tinker a bit more with the Yakima area.

I'm thinking I'll probably "submit" something like this as my map though. I know it's probably fairly pointless and the commission doesn't care at all and the whole process is just supposed to make it look like they care what the public thinks, but it can't hurt to try! Smiley
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« Reply #327 on: July 21, 2011, 09:54:39 AM »

Bgwah: are the Tri-Cities area and Central Washington connected via a public road on your map? Or is the connection through Hanford.
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« Reply #328 on: July 21, 2011, 11:54:09 AM »

It seems pretty likely that Thurston and Lewis will end up in the same district.
Cool Is that Thurston Moore you're talking about?
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« Reply #329 on: July 22, 2011, 12:52:30 AM »

I think it's pretty realistic. The only critique I'd have is to have the 1st and 2nd try to trade some territory to make the 2nd more Democratic and the 1st more Republican.

I can tinker with the border a bit more. I don't want it to look too goofy by having some weird tentacle going even further into SW Snohomish.

I may also tinker a bit more with the Yakima area.

I'm thinking I'll probably "submit" something like this as my map though. I know it's probably fairly pointless and the commission doesn't care at all and the whole process is just supposed to make it look like they care what the public thinks, but it can't hurt to try! Smiley

They do take public input into account... just so long as it doesn't really affect the partisan outcome of the final maps.
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« Reply #330 on: July 22, 2011, 01:31:47 AM »

I think it's pretty realistic. The only critique I'd have is to have the 1st and 2nd try to trade some territory to make the 2nd more Democratic and the 1st more Republican.

I can tinker with the border a bit more. I don't want it to look too goofy by having some weird tentacle going even further into SW Snohomish.

I may also tinker a bit more with the Yakima area.

I'm thinking I'll probably "submit" something like this as my map though. I know it's probably fairly pointless and the commission doesn't care at all and the whole process is just supposed to make it look like they care what the public thinks, but it can't hurt to try! Smiley

They do take public input into account... just so long as it doesn't really affect the partisan outcome of the final maps.

How inspiring. Tongue

Do you think I should submit my map? I really don't want be in some awful Bellevue-to-Wentachee district! Sad
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« Reply #331 on: July 22, 2011, 01:40:43 AM »

I think it's pretty realistic. The only critique I'd have is to have the 1st and 2nd try to trade some territory to make the 2nd more Democratic and the 1st more Republican.

I can tinker with the border a bit more. I don't want it to look too goofy by having some weird tentacle going even further into SW Snohomish.

I may also tinker a bit more with the Yakima area.

I'm thinking I'll probably "submit" something like this as my map though. I know it's probably fairly pointless and the commission doesn't care at all and the whole process is just supposed to make it look like they care what the public thinks, but it can't hurt to try! Smiley

They do take public input into account... just so long as it doesn't really affect the partisan outcome of the final maps.

How inspiring. Tongue

Do you think I should submit my map? I really don't want be in some awful Bellevue-to-Wentachee district! Sad

Can't hurt. Smiley
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« Reply #332 on: August 13, 2011, 02:59:35 PM »

Monday the 15th is the deadline for submitting your own maps.
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« Reply #333 on: August 19, 2011, 08:41:36 PM »

I was playing around and you can actually do 10 all D districts, if you start each district in Seattle, with even portions. The lowest are two 50.5% Murray districts, with a little more tweaking in Seattle I can probably get both to 51% without and others dropping below that. The higest is 55%, but with tweaking that would probably drop to 53.5-54% Murray.

It's a truely disgusting abomination.....
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« Reply #334 on: September 13, 2011, 02:58:23 AM »
« Edited: September 13, 2011, 03:37:24 AM by bgwah »

Drafts should be released today!! Smiley

though that made turn into a sad face if the horror stories of an 8th Reich-mander are true
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« Reply #335 on: September 13, 2011, 12:18:59 PM »

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« Reply #336 on: September 13, 2011, 12:23:31 PM »

wow they might actually be doing a majority-minority district...
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« Reply #337 on: September 13, 2011, 12:36:56 PM »
« Edited: September 13, 2011, 12:43:46 PM by bgwah »

I think I missed Ceis' proposal. But anyway, here is Huffs. I kinda want to vomit. This map is disgusting.

The only bright spot is that Sammamish is in WA-1 now, which actually seems quite random since Issaquah is still in WA-8... I wonder if this was because... LOL.

Here are some screen shots until better maps surface:




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« Reply #338 on: September 13, 2011, 12:45:20 PM »

Here is Gorton's plan:



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« Reply #339 on: September 13, 2011, 01:11:10 PM »

I'm watching the public commentaries. It's been 100% minorities who support the majority-minority district thus far.
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« Reply #340 on: September 13, 2011, 01:12:28 PM »

Lol.
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« Reply #341 on: September 13, 2011, 01:24:09 PM »

Can someone give me the link to where I can find these maps? (I am too lazy to simply google it)

Also Huff is a Republican appointee right? Or are we as dems getting royally screwed in a state that we should have more than an equal say in.


By the Way if Huff's plan is enacted I would probably be protesting in the streets, that thing is an abomination. How many Republican seats would result from that? 5 at a minimum (the 1st, 3, 4, 5, 8, and the 6th as a slight dem lean)? Clever to add in the minority district to try and appear to not be such a partisan hack (once again this is a republican right?)
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« Reply #342 on: September 13, 2011, 01:25:42 PM »

Well I missed the Democratic maps apparently. Interesting to see Republicans actively supporting the majority-minority district in an effort to concentrate Democratic votes and give them more seats... But this happens in other states, just didn't think it would happen here.
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« Reply #343 on: September 13, 2011, 01:46:51 PM »
« Edited: September 13, 2011, 01:54:31 PM by CultureKing »

Is TVW's website down? I was going to try and watch the proceedings from there but I cant even load the page..


Oh and any way we could get numbers from the maps proposed today or do we basically just have to infer based on what we see?
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« Reply #344 on: September 13, 2011, 02:16:04 PM »

What is this I don't even...
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« Reply #345 on: September 13, 2011, 02:22:54 PM »
« Edited: September 13, 2011, 02:28:44 PM by bgwah »

I was hoping for a more united Eastside. Instead we might get split not between two but four districts. Sad I really don't think a majority-minority district (that would still be majority white voters anyway) is worth butchering the rest of the Puget Sound districts.

I wonder if Denny Heck is crying in a corner right now...? Tongue
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« Reply #346 on: September 13, 2011, 02:35:06 PM »


I know right?  I would consider shooting myself if these maps ever became the real thing.  It's a good thing they probably won't. 
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« Reply #347 on: September 13, 2011, 02:39:07 PM »

I think this is the appropriate thread for this map.

Looks like Dennis might be heading West!


http://blogs.dixcdn.com/capitalblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Redistricting-Map-Ohio-in-color-1.pdf
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« Reply #348 on: September 13, 2011, 03:01:27 PM »

And another thought: could the proposed "majority-minority" WA-10 actually be better for Kucinich than WA-01 or an Olympia-based WA-10? A safe, open Democratic seat that will have a very divided primary for the Democratic side... He just might be able to slip through. And if he did somehow make it to the general, he would probably fare better than he would in the other districts.
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« Reply #349 on: September 13, 2011, 03:43:44 PM »

All four proposals have been posted:

http://redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp
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