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krazen1211
Junior Chimp
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« on: May 02, 2011, 12:35:12 PM »

So, does New Mexico get a Hispanic district? You get one with a racial split of Albequerque, with the added benefit of putting all the Democrats in 1 district.
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krazen1211
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 12:45:58 PM »

So, does New Mexico get a Hispanic district? You get one with a racial split of Albequerque, with the added benefit of putting all the Democrats in 1 district.

Well, you can draw 2 McCain districts (though only by like 2 points each), but I don't think the Democratic-Controlled State Legislature would like that map.  Also, doing so would create a Hispanic-majority district, but it would be a Republican one rather than the Democratic one (Mostly due to the Strongly D Native vote, along with plenty of urban White Liberals around Santa Fe).  Remember that the most Hispanic district in NM is actually the 2nd, which is the most Republican.


This was the kind of map I had in mind. The blue district ends up both heavily packed and 56% Hispanic, green ends up a tossup, and purple is of course Republican.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51954263@N03/5680191125/in/photostream/
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