Here's my attempt at Maine. I've never been there, so I'm not sure how much sense this makes. I wanted to put the entire coastline in one district which I accomplished. The two districts are separated by I-95 and then by Airline Road, though there is some overlap.
ME-01
VAP is 95.2% white.
60.8% voted for Obama in 2008.
ME-02
VAP is 96% white.
54.3% voted for Obama in 2008.
What is the deviation for the districts? With the large number of towns, the model I have from the whole county states would predict that it should be possible to draw one district exact and the other off by one person (ME has an odd number population). The statement about exact equality should apply to NH as well.
I believe +/-2000. Not great, but I was rushed.
Here's my attempt at Maine. I've never been there, so I'm not sure how much sense this makes. I wanted to put the entire coastline in one district which I accomplished.
I... I don't think that makes as much sense as, say, the current districts.
Probably not from a community-of-interest standpoint (again, I know nothing about Maine) but it's more pleasing to my eye.