US House Redistricting: South Carolina

[Insula Dei]

I just spent 45 minutes trying to gerrymander 2.5 Democratic seats in SC  (The result is 2 lean Dem, 2 toss-up, 3 GOP, ftr), but don't know how to post the results. How do I post them?

PS: yes, Dave's Redistricting App, and yes, I've never done this before. The result looks fittingly horrendous

[Insula Dei]

And, I worked it out for myself:



SC as a whole, bear in mind that the underlying assumption is that the app has a structural GOP bias of about 2,5% , as someone said in this very thread. It's entirely possible that I'm mistaken, in whcih case this map won't be too sweet for the Dems.

CD1: McCain 50,5 - Obama 48,0 TOSS-UP
CD2: McCain 43,7 - Obama 55,3 LEAN/SOLID Dem
CD3: McCain 70,6 - Obama 27,7 SOLID Rep
CD4: McCain 67,9 - Obama 30,8 SOLID Rep
CD5: McCain 48,8 - Obama 50,0 T0SS-UP/ LEAN Dem
CD6: McCain 50,3 - Obama 48,6 TOSS-UP
CD7: McCain 61,1 - Obama 37,6 SOLID GOP

Again, if there should turn out to be no structural GOP-advantage due to something with absentee ballots/abstention/..., this map wouldn't be too hot. That said, i have to say that what started as an attempt at a Dem Gerrymander, actually finished as quite a fair map. In a good year the Dems can win 4 seats, in a bad year none at all.

Oh, and a zoom-in of the North Chareston area, which is quite badly mangled, I'm afraid.


And, while the map may look horrible, all seats are geographicaly consistent; Anyone could go anywhere in their district without having to leave it.