US with Canadian Ridings

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Inspired by Xahar's Indian thread. Here is the United States with Canadian ridings:

California: 336
Texas: 230
New York: 173
Florida: 171
Illinois: 114
Pennsylvania: 113
Ohio: 102
Georgia: 88
Michigan: 87
North Carolina: 86
New Jersey: 78
Virginia: 72
Washington: 61
Massachusetts: 59
Arizona: 58
Indiana: 56
Tennessee: 57
Missouri: 53
Maryland: 52
Wisconsin: 51
Minnesota: 47
Colorado: 46
Alabama: 43
South Carolina: 42
Louisiana: 41
Kentucky: 39
Oregon: 34
Oklahoma: 34
Connecticut: 32
Iowa: 27
Mississippi: 26
Arkansas: 26
Kansas: 25
Utah: 25
Nevada: 24
New Mexico: 18
Nebraska: 16
West Virginia: 16
Idaho: 14
Hawaii: 12
Maine: 12
New Hampshire: 12
Rhode Island: 9
Montana: 9
Delaware: 8
South Dakota: 7
Alaska: 6
North Dakota: 6
Vermont: 6
Wyoming: 5

When you are drawing your maps, realize that the restricting board in Canada usually strives for a max deviation of 10%, but it is legal to go up to 25%.

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Here is Washington DC:



All five districts are extremely solid Democratic ridings. Obama won the blue district on the eastern side of the Anacostia River in 2008 98.8-.08 over McCain. 2 districts are big majority Black (blue and green), 1 is majority Black with a large Hispanic population (yellow), 1 is majority white with a large Black population (purple) and 1 district has a big white majority (red).

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Wyoming


All five districts are very Republican and all are pretty white.

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South Dakota


Obama won the Blue and Red ridings in 2008, but probably not in 2012. South Dakota Democrats would probably be favored in both though. The remaining ridings  are solidly Republican, but the Teal Green district is 25.3% Native America.   

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North Dakota


Obama won the Blue and Purple ridings in 2008, but probably only the Blue riding in 2012. Both would probably be Likely Dem for North Dakota style Democrats and the Green riding would competitive. The other 3 would be safe for the Republicans

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Delaware


New Castle Close Up


The two districts farthest south are probably safe Republican, the Purple riding with Dover is probably Likely/Lean Dem and the 5 districts in New Castle County are all Safe Dem.

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Here is Washington DC:



All five districts are extremely solid Democratic ridings. Obama won the blue district on the eastern side of the Anacostia River in 2008 98.8-.08 over McCain. 2 districts are big majority Black (blue and green), 1 is majority Black with a large Hispanic population (yellow), 1 is majority white with a large Black population (purple) and 1 district has a big white majority (red).

Some name possibilities:

Red: Washington West--Georgetown
Yellow: Washington North
Green: Washington Northeast
Blue: Washington Southeast (or perhaps Fort Dupont--Anacostia)
Purple: Washington--Capitol (or Washington Center)

I unfortunately didn't have time when I posted them last night.

Red: Washington Northwest—Georgetown
Yellow: Washington North—Howard—Pentworth
Green: Washington Northeast—National Arboretum
Blue: Washington—Anacostia
Purple: Washington—Capitol Hill—Downtown

Let me know if I did anything wrong.

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Here is Washington DC:



All five districts are extremely solid Democratic ridings. Obama won the blue district on the eastern side of the Anacostia River in 2008 98.8-.08 over McCain. 2 districts are big majority Black (blue and green), 1 is majority Black with a large Hispanic population (yellow), 1 is majority white with a large Black population (purple) and 1 district has a big white majority (red).

Some name possibilities:

Red: Washington West--Georgetown
Yellow: Washington North
Green: Washington Northeast
Blue: Washington Southeast (or perhaps Fort Dupont--Anacostia)
Purple: Washington--Capitol (or Washington Center)

I unfortunately didn't have time when I posted them last night.

Red: Washington Northwest—Georgetown
Yellow: Washington North—Howard—Pentworth
Green: Washington Northeast—National Arboretum
Blue: Washington—Anacostia
Purple: Washington—Capitol Hill—Downtown

Let me know if I did anything wrong.

"Downtown" is never used in a riding's name. The preference is for "Centre" or in this case it would be "Center".  I don't think "National Arboretum" belongs in a riding name either. "Capitol Hill" sounds nice, but may not be appropriate either. What about "Beltway"? Perhaps just calling it "Washington Center" would be best.

Washington Center or Washington—Capitol Hill are both appropriate, I think.  The north one is probably more appropriately Washington—Columbia Heights, though Petworth is also a thing.  For northeast, maybe Washington Northeast—Brookland or Washington Northeast—Brentwood?  Washington Northeast—University Heights?  Ugh.  Lots of no-name neighborhoods up in there.

Capitol Hill is referring to the neighborhood in DC, not that actual capitol grounds. 

Red: Washington Northwest—Georgetown
Yellow: Washington North—Columbia Heights—Pentworth
Green: Washington Northeast—Deanwood—Trinidad
Blue: Washington Southeast—Anacostia
Purple: Washington Center—Capitol Hill—Foggy Bottom

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Wyoming


All five districts are very Republican and all are pretty white.

Some names:

Yellow: Jackson-Cody-Lander
Red: Sheridan-Gillette
Purple: Casper-Powder River
Green: Red Desert-Medicine Bow
Blue: Cheyenne-Platte-Goshen
 

Laramie would be in the Green riding's name. It's the 3rd largest city in Wyoming and home to their University.

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Wyoming


All five districts are very Republican and all are pretty white.

Some names:

Yellow: Jackson-Cody-Lander
Red: Sheridan-Gillette
Purple: Casper-Powder River
Green: Red Desert-Medicine Bow
Blue: Cheyenne-Platte-Goshen
 

Laramie would be in the Green riding's name. It's the 3rd largest city in Wyoming and home to their University.

I purposely left it out, because Cheyenne is in Laramie County.

So the idea would be to prevent confusion? Do you have a link to the rules for naming or would you mind giving an overview?

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Wyoming


All five districts are very Republican and all are pretty white.

Some names:

Yellow: Jackson-Cody-Lander
Red: Sheridan-Gillette
Purple: Casper-Powder River
Green: Red Desert-Medicine Bow
Blue: Cheyenne-Platte-Goshen
 

Laramie would be in the Green riding's name. It's the 3rd largest city in Wyoming and home to their University.

I purposely left it out, because Cheyenne is in Laramie County.

So the idea would be to prevent confusion? Do you have a link to the rules for naming or would you mind giving an overview?

There's no real rules, just conventions.

What are those conventions? I have and idea but I would like to be able to do this without making any foolish mistakes.

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Here is Vermont. I hope it is good, this was my first serious attempt at using Dave's app.




Blue-Burlington-Champlain
Green-Middlebury-Essex Junction-Fairfax
Purple-Saint Albans-Johnson-East Lyndon
Red-Montpelier-Waterbury
Teal-Rutland-Hartford
Yellow-Bennington-Manchester Center-Rockingham

Burlington-Champlain.
Total Voters: 86,179.
Obama: 73.8%, McCain: 24.6%, Other: 1.6%.
91.5% White.
MP: Bernie Sanders (Progressive)

Middlebury-Essex Junction-Fairfax.
Total Voters: 79,372.
Obama: 66.5%, McCain 32.1%, Other: 1.4%.
94.9% White.
MP: Tim Jerman (Democratic)

Saint Albans-Johnson-East Lyndon.
Total Voters: 81,332.
Obama: 62.3%, McCain: 36.0%, Other 1.7%.
96.0% White.
MP: Kathleen Keenan (Democratic)

Montpelier-Waterbury.
Total Voters: 82,634.
Obama: 68.6%, McCain 29.6%, Other: 1.8%.
96.2% White.
MP: Anthony Pollina (Progressive)

Rutland-Hartford.
Total Voters: 82,607.
Obama: 66.2%, McCain 32.2%, Other: 1.6%.
95.9% White.
MP: Herb Russell (Democratic)

Bennington-Manchester Center-Rockingham.
Total Voters: 84,384.
Obama 68.4%, McCain 29.8%, Other 1.8%.
96.0% White.
MP: Bill Botzow (Democratic)

You violated one of the biggest no-no's in Vermont by crossing the Green Mountains with multiple ridings.

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Here is my take on Vermont!

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Here is my take on Vermont!

Yours looks much nicer. Its very symetrical.

If only Florida worked for Daves app, I would love to draw some South FL ridings.

I did really like the work that you put into map in terms letting us now the riding data and finding a logical MP. What MP's do you think represent the ridings in my map? Also were do you have Patrick Leahy?

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Rhode Island


Providence


Blue: Providence South—College Hill—West End
Green: Providence North—Elmhurst—Riverside
Purple: Pawtucket—Central Falls—North Providence
Yellow: Cranston—Johnston
Red: Woonsocket—Cumberland Hill—Valley Falls
Teal Green: Greenville—Pascoag—Kent West
Grey: Warwick—East Greenwich
Light Purple: Westerly—Wakefield—North Kingston
Light Blue: Bristol—Newport

Again let me know if I did anything wrong

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Montana


Billings


Purple: Kalispell—Glacier (Safe Rep)
Green: Helena—Flathead Lake (Lean Dem, especially for a local Montana Dem)
Blue: Missoula (Safe Dem)
Red: Butte—Dear Lodge (Lean Dem, especially for a local Montana Dem)
Yellow: Bozeman—Beaverhead (Toss Up)
Teal Green: Great Falls—Blackfeet (Lean Dem, especially for a local Montana Dem)
Grey: Livingston—Crow (Safe Rep)
Light Purple: Billings (Lean Dem, especially for a local Montana Dem)
Light Blue: Hi-Line (Safe Rep)

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Idaho


Boise


Idaho Falls


Blue: Bonner—Clearwater (Safe R)
Green: Coeur d'Alene (Safe R)
Purple: Moscow—Nez Perce (Likely R, maybe for a local Dem due to historical strength in this area, but probably Safe R)
Red: Caldwell—Emmett (Safe R)
Yellow: Nampa (Safe R)
Teal Green: Owyhee—Elmore (Safe R)
Grey: Meridian—Eagle (Safe R)
Light Purple: Boise West (Likely R)
Neon Blue: Boise East (Safe D)
Pink: Twin Falls—Burley (Safe R)
Neon Green: Sawtooth—Lemhi (Safe R)
Light Blue: Rexburg—Ammon—Targhee (Safe R)
Light Orange: Idaho Falls—Bingham (Safe R)
Brown: Pocatello—Bear Lake (Safe R)

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Alaska


Anchorage


I have no idea what the partisan nature of some of these districts will be. The best guess is that the more rural they are the more likely the Native American % will be high and it will be more Democratic. With the reverse being true for urban areas.

Blue: Aleutian—Yukon Delta—Nome
Green: Anchorage South
Purple: Anchorage North 
Red: Wasilla—Denali—Barrow
Yellow: Fairbanks—Wrangell-St. Elias
Teal Green: Juneau—Tongass

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Nebraska


Omaha


Blue: Omaha Northeast (Safe D)
Green: Omaha Southeast (Likely D)
Purple: Omaha Southwest (Likely R)
Red: Omaha Northwest (Safe R)
Yellow: Fremont—Blair (Safe R)
Teal Green: Bellevue—Papillion (Safe R)
Grey: Plattsmouth—Nebraska City—Falls City (Safe R)
Light Purple: Lincoln North (Toss Up)
Neon Blue: Lincoln South (Toss Up)
Pink: Beatrice—Seward (Safe R)
Neon Green: Norfolk—Dakota City—Thurston (Safe R)
Light Blue: Columbus—Central City (Safe R)
Light Orange: Grand Island—Hastings (Safe R)
Brown: Kearney—Imperial (Safe R)
Orange: North Platte—Gering (Safe R)
Lime Green: Broken Bow—Cherry—Oglala (Safe R)

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Nevada


Las Vegas


Reno


Blue: Paradise Northwest (Safe D) (White Plurality)
Green: Paradise Southeast (Safe D)
Purple: Enterprise (Lean D)
Red: Spring Valley South (Safe D)
Yellow: Winchester—East Las Vegas (Safe D) (White Plurality)
Teal Green: Sunset Manor (Safe D) (Hispanic Plurality)
Grey: Las Vegas East (Safe D) (Hispanic Majority)
Light Purple: Las Vegas Center (Safe D) (Hispanic Plurality)
Neon Blue: Spring Valley North—Summerlin (Toss Up)
Pink: Las Vegas West (Lean D)
Neon Green: Las Vegas Northwest (Lean D)
Light Blue: Las Vegas North (Toss Up)
Light Orange: North Las Vegas South (Safe D) (Hispanic Plurality)
Brown: North Las Vegas North (Safe D) (White Plurality)
Orange: Henderson South (Likely R)
Lime Green: Henderson Center (Toss Up)
Purple Grey: Henderson North—Boulder City—Mesquite (Safe R)
Golden Yellow: Elko—Big Smokey Valley (Safe R) 
Olive: Fernley—Pyramid Lake—Humboldt (Safe R)
Light Pink: Carson City—Douglas (Safe R)
Dark Brown: Sun Valley—Incline Valley (Likely R)
Light Brown: Reno Northwest (Safe Dem)
Aquamarine: Reno Southeast (Likely Dem)
Indigo: Sparks (Toss Up)

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Kansas


Kansas City


Wichita


Blue: Kansas City East (Safe D)
Gren: Kansas City West—Shawnee (Lean R)
Dark Magenta: Overland Park North—Prairie Village (Toss Up)
Red: Overland Park South—Leawood (Safe R)
Gold: Leavenworth—Atchison (Safe R)
Teal: Lenexa—Spring Hill (Safe R)
Dark Grey: Olathe (Safe R)
Stale Blue: Lawrence (Safe D)
Cyan: Topeka (Lean D)
Deep Pink: Osage—Pottawtomie (Safe R)
Chartreuse: Manhattan—Junction City (Likely R)
Cornflower Blue: Solomon River—Marysville (Safe R)
Dark Salmon: Ottawa—Paola—Fort Scott (Safe R)
Olive: Pittsburgh—Parsons (Safe R)
Dark Orange: Coffeyville—Wellington (Safe R)
Lime: Wichita North (Likely Dem)
Dark Slate Blue: Wichita South (Toss Up)
Yellow: Wichita West (Safe R)
Yellow Green: Park City—Derby (Safe R)
Pink: Wichita East—Butler (Safe R)
Marron: Emporia—Newton (Safe R)
Sienna: Salina—Abilene (Safe R)
Aquamarine: Hutchinson—Medicine Lodge River (Safe R)
Indigo: Smokey Hill River—Dodge City (Safe R)
Pale Violet Red: Cimarron River—Garden City (Safe R)
 

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Utah


Salt Lake City


Provo


Ogden


Blue: Salt Lake City West (Safe D)
Green: Salt Lake City East (Safe D)
Dark Magenta: West Valley City (Toss Up/Lean R)
Red: Millcreek—South Salt Lake (Lean D)
Gold: Murray—Cottonwood Heights (Toss Up/Lean R)
Teal: Taylorsville—Kearns (Lean R)
Dark Grey: West Jordan (Safe R)
Stale Blue: South Jordan—Riverton (Safe R)
Cyan: Sandy (Safe R)
Deep Pink: Park City—Roosevelt (Safe R)
Chartreuse: Draper—Lehi (Safe R)
Cornflower Blue: American Fork—Pleasant Grove (Safe R)
Dark Salmon: Orem—Springville (Safe R)
Olive: Provo (Safe R)
Orange: Spanish Fork—Payson (Safe R)
Lime: Bountiful—Morgan (Safe R)
Dark Stale Blue: Kaysville—Layton (Safe R)
Yellow: Clearfield—Clinton (Safe R)
Yellow Green: Logan—Crawford Mountains (Safe R)
Dark Green: St. George—Washignton (Safe R)
Marron: Ogden (Likely R)
Sienna: Roy—North Ogden (Safe R)
Aquamarine: Brigham City—Tooele (Safe R)
Indigo: Castle Valley—Bryce Canyon (Safe R)
Pale Violet Red: Zion—Juba (Safe R)

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Missouri


St. Louis


Kansas City


District 1 (Green): Kansas City Northwest—Brooklyn Heights O: 48.4%/D: 50.0% (Toss Up)
District 2 (Blue): Kansas City North—Liberty O: 53.0%/D: 55.0% (Lean D)
District 3 (Dark Magenta): Kansas City West—Westwood O: 69.0%/D: 69.3 (Safe D)
District 4 (Red): Kansas City South—Raytown O: 77.3%/D: 79.1% (Safe D) Black Majority
District 5 (Gold): Kansas City East—Jazz District O: 87.9%/D: 88.3% (Safe D) Black Majority 
District 6 (Teal): Kansas City Southwest—Lee’s Summit O: 47.9%/D: 50.3% (Toss Up)
District 7 (Dark Grey): Independence O: 51.3%/D: 57.1% (Lean D)
District 8 (Stale Blue): Blue Springs—Oak Grove O: 43.0%/D: 47.0% (Likely R)
District 9 (Cyan): Smithville—Excelsior Springs O: 43.2%/ D: 47.4% (Likely R)
District 10 (Deep Pink): Belton—Raymond—Bates O: 39.8%/ D: 47.8% (Likely R)
District 11 (Chartreuse): St. Joseph—Clinton O: 47.8%/ D: 50.3% (Toss Up)
District 12 (Cornflower Blue): Maryville—Bethany—Trenton O: 37.2%/D: 37.7% (Safe R)
District 13 (Dark Salmon): Kirkville—Chillicothe—Macon O: 40.8%/D: 43.7% (Safe R)
District 14 (Olive): Hannibal—Moberly—Mexico O: 39.2%/D: 43.8% (Safe R) 
District 15 (Dark Orange): Columbia O: 60.0%/D: 58.9% (Safe D)
District 16 (Lime): Boone—Lafayette—Marshall O: 43:3%/D: 49.3 (Likely R)
District 17 (Dark Stale Blue): Sedalia—Warrensburg O: 41.1%/D: 51.3% (Lean R)
District 18 (Yellow): Lake of the Ozarks—Truman Reservoir O: 35.4%/D: 41.9% (Safe R)
District 19 (Yellow Green): Stockton Lake—Pomme de Terre Reservoir O: 34.0%/D: 41.0% (Safe R) 
District 20 (Pink): Joplin O: 32.8%/D: 31.4% (Safe R)
District 21 (Maroon): Neosho—Roaring River O: 30.2%/D: 30.8% (Safe R)
District 22 (Sienna): Springfield North O: 50.7/D: 51.1% (Toss Up)
District 23 (Aquamarine): Springfield South—Brookline O: 36.9%/D: 37.9% (Safe R)
District 24 (Indigo): Mt. Vernon—Willard O: 32.9%/D: 37.3% (Safe R)
District 25 (Pale Violet Red): Branson—West Plaines O: 32.4%/D: 34.8% (Safe R)
District 26 (Grey): Nixa—Table Rock Lake O: 31.3%/D: 33.6% (Safe R)
District 27 (Spring Green): Ozark Plateau—Ripley—Reynolds O: 33.9%/D: 39.2 (Safe R)
District 28 (Plum): Lebanon—Waynesville O: 33.6%/D: 43.4% (Safe R)
District 29 (Dark Sea Green): Rolla—Coba O: 41.2%/D: 45.9% (Safe R)
District 30 (Light Coral): Jefferson City—Owensville O: 34.6%/D: 42.8% (Safe R)
District 31 (Khaki): Bootheel—Kennett O: 37.5/D: 43.0% (Likely R) (Nixon and McCaskill won here)
District 32 (Orange Red): Poplar Bluff—Fredricktown O: 37.2%/D: 41.0% (Safe R)
District 33 (Royal Blue): Cape Girardeau—Sikeston O: 33.3%/D: 35.7% (Safe R)
District 34 (Lime Green): Park Hills—De Soto O: 49.2%/D: 54.7% (Toss Up)
District 35 (Dark Orchid): St. Claire—Pacific O: 43.0%/D: 47.0% (Likely R)
District 36 (Orange): Arnold—Festus O: 51.0%/D: 58.1% (Lean D)
District 37 (Dodger Blue): Eureka—High Ridge O: 46.4%/D: 49.4% (Likely R)
District 38 (Medium Aquamarine): Warrenton—Fulton O: 41.4%/ D: 45.5% (Safe R)
District 39 (Moccasin): Wentzville—Moscow Mills O: 41.7/D: 44.9% (Safe R)
District 40 (Firebrick): O’Fallon—Dardenne O: 43.6/D: 45.1 (Safe R)
District 41 (Light Steel Blue): St. Peters—Harvester O: 46.4/D: 47.6 (Likely R)
District 42 (Lawn Green): St. Charles—Maryland Heights O: 52.0%/D: 55.7% (Lean D)
District 43 (Magenta): Chesterfield—Ballwin O: 39.0%/D: 39.0% (Safe R)
District 44 (Medium Violet Red): Manchester—Ladue O: 45.4%/D: 48.1% (Likely R)
District 45 (Turquoise): Oakville—Mehlville O: 48.2%/D: 52.2% (Toss Up)
District 46 (Tomato): Kirkwood—Webster Grove O: 56.7%/D: 54.3% (Likely D)
District 47 (Thistle): Creve Coeur—University City O: 69.8%/D: 71.8% (Safe D)
District 48 (Sandy Brown): Florissant—Hazelwood O: 64.2%/D: 75.2% (Safe D)
District 49 (Indian Red): Spanish Lake—Jennings O: 85.1%/D: 86.4 (Safe D) Black Majority
District 50 (Powder Blue): Ferguson—Overland O: 84.8%/D: 87.3 (Safe D) Black Majority
District 51 (Saddle Brown): St. Louis West—Arlington O: 90.4%/D: 90.3% (Safe D) Black Majority
District 52 (Olive Drab): St. Louis East—Midtown O: 90.4%/D: 90.6% (Safe D) Black Majority
District 53 (Gainsboro): St. Louis South—Oak Hill O: 69.0%/D: 72.4% (Safe D)