If your state lost a district, who would you want combined?

[Plate]

If Michigan lost a congressional district, I'd probably like to see Conyers vs. Dingell, we all know who would win there!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Stinky Pete and Kenny Marchant

[Kamala]

Uhhhhh....

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Jim Cooper's district folded into all the surrounding Republican ones

[brucejoel99]

If FL lost a congressional district (not happening anytime in the near future, tho, considering FL's current population explosion lol), I'd wanna see Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) vs. Wilson (FL-24).

As a constituent of hers, I strongly dislike DWS, but I love Frederica Wilson, & I'd love to have her as my Congresswoman.

Plus, I'd really like to believe Wilson would win that primary!

[Plate]

Another pretty good combination would be Trott vs Dingell or Walberg vs Dingell. I don't like people who ignore their constituents or people who joke about domestic violence. No joke here (really no joke) I hope Conyers croaks before the 2020 redistricting so we can see one of those combinations

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Nancy Pelosi really needs to go, so her district.

[Plate]

Nancy Pelosi really needs to go, so her district.

Nah, she'd probably run for Senate after that where she can be even more dangerous.

[Strudelcutie4427]

Really no options here. Although for Mass and CT I guess I'd like to see clarks MA-5 go, it's kinda ridiculous to stretch southborough to Winthrop anyway. Plus i really dont like her

[politicallefty]

If it were possible, I'd love to see McCarthy and Nunes combined. That'd have to be a very aggressive gerrymander though. Along with Far Northern California, it's the most Republican area of California. Trump won McCarthy's district by 22% and Nunes' by 9-10%. It'd have to be a very creative gerrymander, but I do think it could be done.

[Nyvin]

If Michigan lost a congressional district, I'd probably like to see Conyers vs. Dingell, we all know who would win there!

How would that even work?   A Washtenaw to Detroit district?

[jimrtex]

If Michigan lost a congressional district, I'd probably like to see Conyers vs. Dingell, we all know who would win there!

You can't really eliminate a district from the edge of a state. If you eliminated a Philadelphia district you would either have a two Philadelphia districts, or one district, and most of two others. You can't get rid of a Buffalo or a Suffolk district, though they might have to expand.

If the goal is least change, one can determine how to transfer the population away from a removed district to the remaining districts. This will be near to the center of loss, and other districts will expand towards there.

[Plate]

You can't really eliminate a district from the edge of a state. If you eliminated a Philadelphia district you would either have a two Philadelphia districts, or one district, and most of two others. You can't get rid of a Buffalo or a Suffolk district, though they might have to expand.

If the goal is least change, one can determine how to transfer the population away from a removed district to the remaining districts. This will be near to the center of loss, and other districts will expand towards there.

The goal I have in mind is to get that crazy man out of office. But Levin vs Lawrence is probably the most likely

How would that even work?   A Washtenaw to Detroit district?

Uuuummmmm, Dearborn to Highland Park. Where did Washtenaw come from?

[Nyvin]

You can't really eliminate a district from the edge of a state. If you eliminated a Philadelphia district you would either have a two Philadelphia districts, or one district, and most of two others. You can't get rid of a Buffalo or a Suffolk district, though they might have to expand.

If the goal is least change, one can determine how to transfer the population away from a removed district to the remaining districts. This will be near to the center of loss, and other districts will expand towards there.

The goal I have in mind is to get that crazy man out of office. But Levin vs Lawrence is probably the most likely

How would that even work?   A Washtenaw to Detroit district?

Uuuummmmm, Dearborn to Highland Park. Where did Washtenaw come from?

Oh,  you mean just putting where the Reps actually live in one district?

[Plate]

You can't really eliminate a district from the edge of a state. If you eliminated a Philadelphia district you would either have a two Philadelphia districts, or one district, and most of two others. You can't get rid of a Buffalo or a Suffolk district, though they might have to expand.

If the goal is least change, one can determine how to transfer the population away from a removed district to the remaining districts. This will be near to the center of loss, and other districts will expand towards there.

The goal I have in mind is to get that crazy man out of office. But Levin vs Lawrence is probably the most likely

How would that even work?   A Washtenaw to Detroit district?

Uuuummmmm, Dearborn to Highland Park. Where did Washtenaw come from?

Oh,  you mean just putting where the Reps actually live in one district?

Yea

[publicunofficial]

Either combine Reichert's district with the 9th or combine the two Eastern Washington districts.

[krazen1211]

Pennsylvania can cut 10,11, 17 into 2 districts.

[cinyc]

It will never happen, since the bulk of the population loss is upstate, but seeing Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler put in the same Manhattan-only district would be ideal.  That could possibly open up a South Brooklyn/Queens district that could elect a Republican.  It would also be good to see Manhattan down to being represented by the 3 Congressmen its numbers deserve, instead of 4.

[Brittain33]

Put South Boston and Lynch into Capuano's district.

[Strudelcutie4427]

Put South Boston and Lynch into Capuano's district.

I think Southie is fine in that South Shore district. I grew up there and all our parents were from Southie and Dorchester, so Lynch is a great fit for the area

[Del Tachi]

Jim Cooper's district folded into all the surrounding Republican ones

Honestly I'm surprised TN Republicans haven't already done this.  I've played with this a few times on DRA and made TN a 10-1 split with only a necessary VRA district based in Memphis and none of the other districts having that terrible of a shape.


If Mississippi went down to 3 districts (which is a probability in 2030 or 2040), it would mean the elimination of a Republican district because I'm pretty sure the VRA (if still intact by them) would protect the majority-Black district based in the Delta.

Hypothetically, I would like for the Delta district to expand to take in DeSoto, Oxford, and SE Miss, expand the current 1st District to pickup all of GTR/Black Belt + down to Neshoba/Meridian, and the 4th to somehow take in most of Rankin County - so essentially the current third is carved up in a way to create what would be today a Palazzo vs. Harper match-up.

[Lord Admirale]

NJ-7 and NJ-11

[Brittain33]

Put South Boston and Lynch into Capuano's district.

I think Southie is fine in that South Shore district. I grew up there and all our parents were from Southie and Dorchester, so Lynch is a great fit for the area

Oh, I agree, but I read this thread as inviting posters to be jerks toward Congressmen, so that's what I'm doing.

If I were answering seriously, I'd say that Kennedy's district should be divided up among Clark, McGovern, Lynch, and Keating, with Kennedy put in Clark's district.

[PragmaticPopulist]

The MD legislature would probably either combine MD-02 with MD-01, making it either a tossup or leans R districts, or combine MD-06 with MD-08, which would be a safe D district.

[SATW]

Nancy Pelosi really needs to go, so her district.

Nah, she'd probably run for Senate after that where she can be even more dangerous.

She's almost 80. She's not running for senate.