Re-Redistricting Michigan

[RBH]

Here's my try



CD1: Wayne (part)
CD2: Wayne (part)
CD3: Wayne (part)
CD4: Oakland (part), Wayne (part)
CD5: Maccomb (part), Oakland (part)
CD6: Maccomb (part)
CD7: Huron, Lapeer, Maccomb (part), Saginaw (part), St. Clair, Sanilac, and Tuscola
CD8: Arenac, Bay (part), Genessee, Iosco, and Saginaw (part)
CD9: Allegan, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun (part), Cass, Ottawa (part), St. Joseph, and Van Buren
CD10: Kent and Ottawa (part)
CD11: Hilldale, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, and Washtenaw (part)
CD12: Clinton (part), Eaton, Ingram, Livingston, and Washtenaw (part)
CD13: Barry, Calhoun (part), Clinton (part), Gratiot, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Montcalm, Newaygo (part)
CD14: Bay (part), Clare, Gladwin, Grand Traverse (part), Isabella, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Muskegon, Newaygo (part), Oceana, Ogemaw, Osceola, Roscommon, Wexford
CD15: Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Baraga, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Crawford, Delta, Dickinson, Emmet, Gogebic, Grand Traverse (part), Houghton, Iron, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Montmorency, Ontonagon, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft

expected incumbents

CD1 though CD7: depends on the lines

Conyers, Kilpatrick, McCotter and Dingell are in Wayne County

Miller is in Macomb County

Levin and Knollenberg are in Oakland County

CD8: Dale Kildee (D)
CD9: Pete Hoekstra (R) and Fred Upton (R)
CD10: Vern Ehlers (R)
CD11: Tim Walberg (R)
CD12: Mike Rogers (R)
CD13: Open
CD14: Dave Camp (R)
CD15: Bart Stupak (D)

Any thoughts on this map? or if it'll really screw over any legislators?

[Nym90]

I assume you are simply saying which of the current incumbents would fit into the districts, not who would actually win with those lines. Walberg, for example, wouldn't have a prayer of winning a district that included Ann Arbor.

But it's an excellent map, RBH. Much better than our horrid current map, that's for sure.

[RBH]

Yeah, I'm just listing which incumbent is in that district.

Oh yeah, here's the population splits for the split counties

Calhoun: 8783 in CD9, 129202 in CD13
Clinton: 12521 in CD12, 52232 in CD13
Grand Traverse: 8232 in CD14, 69422 in CD15
Macomb: 57497 in CD5, 662563 in CD6, 68089 in CD7
Newaygo: 20702 in CD13, 27172 in CD14
Oakland: 589090 in CD4, 605066 in CD5
Ottawa: 150086 in CD9, 88228 in CD10
Saginaw: 131756 in CD7, 78283 in CD8
Washtenaw: 212779 in CD11, 110116 in CD12
Wayne: 662563 in CD1 and CD2 and CD3, 73473 in CD4

So, who wants Ann Arbor more, Rogers or Walberg?

Brief analysis of the unsplit counties reveals

54% Bush in CD15, 51% Bush in CD14

[Verily]

Don't know, but Walberg would get it; he's more junior.

[Flying Dog]

Dale Kildee lives in Flint so he cant run for CD 8

[RBH]

Flint is in Genessee county

[Nym90]

Dale Kildee lives in Flint so he cant run for CD 8

The Constitution only requires you to be a resident of the state that you are running from, not necessarily the district.

While this might seem illogical and wrong in many ways, it actually does have a significant advantage in that you can't simply draw someone out of a district with gerrymandering and force them to either move or run in a different district.

[Flying Dog]

Flint is in Genessee county

Opps, Didnt see that county, sorry.