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padfoot714
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Political Matrix E: -2.58, S: -6.96
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« on: September 19, 2016, 08:32:39 PM » |
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I decided to try to create a Republican gerrymander for the country using real state lines and dividing us into 7 roughly even regions. The smallest is New Texas, which carries 59 EV, but will probably grow, and the largest is The Great Northeast, with 92 EV, but which will likely decline in size. The result is two solidly Democratic states and five Republican-leaning states.
NOTE: All percentages are calculated using two-party vote share only.
THE GREAT NORTHEAST (Light Red, 92 EV) Capital: New York City Obama: 12,874,496, 62.2% Romney: 7,822,035, 37.8% PVI: D+10
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC (Dark Blue, 91 EV) Capital: Atlanta Romney: 12,662,622, 51.7% Obama: 11,823,431, 48.3% PVI: R+4
THE OHIO VALLEY (Light Green, 73 EV) Capital: Cincinnati Romney: 9,729,585, 52.4% Obama: 8,849,219, 47.6% PVI: R+4
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (Medium Green, 62 EV) Capital: St. Louis Romney: 7,551,659, 50.9% Obama: 7,273,077, 49.1% PVI: R+3
GREATER TEXAS (Light Blue, 59 EV) Capital: Dallas Romney: 7,002,199, 56.1% Obama: 5,490,107, 43.9% PVI: R+8 Adding any neighboring states would only make this state more Republican, and it's important to save them for other states. It could do without Oklahoma as well, but I didn't want to make it any smaller.
LAKES, PLAINS, MOUNTAINS, AND DESERT (Dark Green, 81 EV) Capital: Boise Romney: 9,179,582, 51.3% Obama: 8,718,638, 48.7% PVI: R+3
ECOTOPIA (Dark Red, 78 EV) Capital: San Francisco Obama: 10,886,827, 60.8% Romney: 7,005,518
Barring a Democratic landslide, Republicans should win 368-170.
Without doing the actual math it seems likely that Obama would have won everything except Greater Texas in 2008 and I wouldn't exactly call that election a landslide.
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