Any chance of something like this passing in Oregon in 2021?
https://davesredistricting.org/join/b3a39d40-0280-41b6-bbd4-a3f1c423d267
Obviously the numbers aren't going to be precise, but the general idea is putting Salem and Eugene in one district. The numbers actually work pretty well for the most part, Washington and Yamhill are almost exactly one district with 2018 numbers.
Multnomah County
| 811880
|
Clackamas County
| 416075
|
Clatsop County
| 39764
|
Columbia County
| 52377
|
Tillamook County
| 26787
|
Total
| 1346883
|
Districts
| 1.928382593
|
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Washington County
| 597695
|
Yamhill County
| 107002
|
Total
| 704697
|
Districts
| 1.008940961
|
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Eugene (City)
| 171,245
|
Salem (City)
| 173,442
|
Benton County
| 92101
|
Lincoln County
| 49388
|
Polk County
| 85234
|
Total
| 571,410
|
Districts
| 0.818108995
|
I think the northwest rural counties are a bit ugly, but not terrible.
This map underestimates Portland's population growth and needlessly chops up communities of interest (Multnomah and Clackamas Counties, as well as the Northwest Coast should be attached to Washington County; Marion should be left intact, and looping East Salem, Corvallis, and the City of Eugene into one district is disengenuous. Also, this is clearly a 4D-2R map, when a 5D-1R map can easily and fairly be drawn while taking into account simpler county combos (Clackamas and Marion being an obvious one) just like this:
Isn't the purple district a little questionable for Democrats?