Draw the Congressional Districts of the Alternate States!

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I can do NC. They lose a district, no?

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Cranberry, that TX map looks nice. THe only change I'd suggest is changing around the Austin area a bit- I suspect the courts or the RG state leg would prefer one district based in the city and one in the suburbs.

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Would Adirondack really have a GOP leg? I could see the state senate, but I doubt they'd have the trifecta.

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Would Adirondack really have a GOP leg? I could see the state senate, but I doubt they'd have the trifecta.

It would have been a bit close, but I'm pretty sure that, in a landslide year like 2010, republicans would be favored to win the State Assembly as well. IRL, this happened in States with a more Democratic PVI...

What about the governorship? I doubt Paladino would have won...

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Would Adirondack really have a GOP leg? I could see the state senate, but I doubt they'd have the trifecta.

It would have been a bit close, but I'm pretty sure that, in a landslide year like 2010, republicans would be favored to win the State Assembly as well. IRL, this happened in States with a more Democratic PVI...

What about the governorship? I doubt Paladino would have won...

I've been making conjectures and discussing about AD local politics in the main thread on the What If board. To be honest, I have very little idea what the State's politics would look like and there are very few politicians I can name who could credibly occupy the State's major offices. That said, I think it's fairly reasonable to assume that a Republican would be swept in office in the 2010 GOP wave.

I think Carl Paladino would be the obvious choice for the ADGOP, and he'd have done as badly in AD as in NY.

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That's really interesting (in a sickening sort of way )! Excellent work indeed.

Do you think the GOP could manage to do the same with Pittsburgh in Allegheny?

I'm skeptical- they could try it, but the pubbitude of areas around Pittsburgh is a pretty recent phenomenon. You'd probably end up with several D districts.

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Oh, yeah, somehow I thought that the border was further west.

Anyway, the Allegheny GOP still may be hesitant to split Pittsburgh- it'd require some really ugly lines and a PVI of R+5 could still hurt some incumbents. I can try it though.