Minnesota state leg: 2002-2014

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So anyone know who to convert this to a blank map?

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ENR/Select/MapLegislative/1

[ilikeverin]

I've been trying, too.  Want to depict proudly the extent to which MN-03 helped in defeating the marriage ban   No House district that includes Plymouth voted more than about 40% for the ban. (Which, yes yes, is worse than any district in Minneapolis, but there were some St. Paul districts that were worse than some Plymouth districts.)

[muon2]

So anyone know who to convert this to a blank map?

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ENR/Select/MapLegislative/1

I copied it to a gif, and it looks like the colors can be converted to white.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So anyone know who to convert this to a blank map?

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ENR/Select/MapLegislative/1

I copied it to a gif, and it looks like the colors can be converted to white.

That'd be awesome! County lines removed too?

[muon2]

So anyone know who to convert this to a blank map?

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ENR/Select/MapLegislative/1

I copied it to a gif, and it looks like the colors can be converted to white.

That'd be awesome! County lines removed too?

That will take some time, since they would need to be removed by pixel. If someone has more sophisticated graphics software than Paint, then it could be done more quickly.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Sounds like Miles might have that, I'll PM him.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Found something. Not as big or the same format, but it'll work: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/05/1156427/-Analysis-and-Race-Ratings-MN-State-Legislature-with-maps#

Fun maps on the way!

[Gass3268]

Could you explain the reasoning as to why Rochester is split between 2 Senate Districts where there could easily be one for the entire city?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Could you explain the reasoning as to why Rochester is split between 2 Senate Districts where there could easily be one for the entire city?

In the 1993-2003 map Rochester was one State Senate district (which was actually an enclave in a donut district surrounding it). It had grown so fast that it could no longer fully fit in the district, and you'd have to end up with a kind of awkward split where Rochester was one Senate district (and thus two House ones), and then one House seat that's about half Rochester/half rural gets paired with an all rural seat. The court probably decided this wasn't ideal so it made more sense to split it into two part Rochester/part rural districts where all four House seats contain some Rochester precincts. Keep in mind that Rochester's Democratic swing came fairly recently, and in 2001 the Republicans controlled all Rochester-area legislative seats, so it wasn't a partisan issue. Today of course it clearly benefits the Republicans, but it's not really a gerrymander and based on existing precedent, so it remains.

[Gass3268]

Could you explain the reasoning as to why Rochester is split between 2 Senate Districts where there could easily be one for the entire city?

In the 1993-2003 map Rochester was one State Senate district (which was actually an enclave in a donut district surrounding it). It had grown so fast that it could no longer fully fit in the district, and you'd have to end up with a kind of awkward split where Rochester was one Senate district (and thus two House ones), and then one House seat that's about half Rochester/half rural gets paired with an all rural seat. The court probably decided this wasn't ideal so it made more sense to split it into two part Rochester/part rural districts where all four House seats contain some Rochester precincts. Keep in mind that Rochester's Democratic swing came fairly recently, and in 2001 the Republicans controlled all Rochester-area legislative seats, so it wasn't a partisan issue. Today of course it clearly benefits the Republicans, but it's not really a gerrymander and based on existing precedent, so it remains.

That makes sense, thanks for the heads up! I've always liked Minnesota's system of 67 Senate seats and then 2 House seats per Senate district for a total of 134. It's much better then Wisconsin's 33 Senate seats with 3 Assembly seats per Senate district for a total 99. 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well time to update.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Alas it seems that Imageshack ate some of my old maps and I can't find them on my current computer as of yet... I can always remake them fairly easily if I can't find them though. For now though I'll focus on 2014, and then of course the breakdown in those districts in the statewide races.

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I can't see the 2004 and 2006 maps.

Here you go. Blue spots are Scott and Carver County.

so a very Democratic year then