The 100k Districts Series

[WMS]

New Mexico. 21 districts. 2 figures is Anglo-Hispanic, 3 is Anglo-Hispanic-Native.


Rio Rancho - Bernalillo (the town), 98222, 51-40, 51.5% Obama, R avg
Albuquerque North - Los Ranchos - Corrales, 99999 (lol), 45-47 (Anglo VAP plurality), 60.4% Obama
Albuquerque North West ("Petroglyph" if you want named divisions), 101872, 30-61, 62.5% Obama
Albuquerque South West ("Five Points - Los Padillas"? Much of this is actually outside city limits) 97607, 14-80, 71.7% Obama
Albuquerque North East ("Paseo del Norte"), 97108, 63-26, 50.8% McCain
Albuquerque East Central ("Nob Hill - Uptown"), 95232, 55-33, 67.3% Obama
Albuquerque South East ("Manzano Hills"?) - East Bernalillo, 97435, 58-30, 51.3% Obama, R avg
Albuquerque South ("Old Town") - Isleta - Peralta, 95942, 28-58-7, 71.9% Obama. Isleta Pueblo. Sorry for that, the next district had to lose population, Albquerque had to pick up some, and the Isleta are totally in the way.
Valencia (bulk) - Cibola - Zuni, one county and parts of three more, 97965, 29-47-21, 59.9% Obama. Acoma, Laguna, Zuni, and the Ramah and Canoncito Navajo enclaves (the latter is why the cut into Bernalillo)
Navajoland (part on the cool side of the stateline), part of two counties, 94713, 10-11-77, 68.2% Obama
Farmington, 98308, 54-24-19, 68.8% McCain. Loads of Navajo in this natural ressources town just offrez, obviously.
Silver City - Deming - Socorro, five whole counties, 93082, 46-49 (Anglo VAP majority), 54.5% Obama, R avg

Ahem. What is this heresy of splitting the West Side to assuage the North Valley? That light green district is an abomination before the Zia symbol! There might as well be a damn wall between the North Valley and the West Side given how radically their interests diverge - free the West Side!

[WMS]

I played around with Albuquerque a long time, and a lot of my maps were worse than that one.
The West Side doesn't fit into two districts, there needs to be one cross-river district. Or maybe one could draw some areas on the far West Side into a mostly non-metropolitan district and add Edgewood to the southeastern district or something.
One thing that does work - that I had in most early drafts before deciding that changing it made things easier in Bernalillo County - is a Rio Rancho-Corrales district instead of the Rio Rancho-Bernalillo shown here.

OK, I've got a revised version for you - only dealing with Districts 11 - 17.



I have some better names, too.

11 is the Chartreuse one: "Albuquerque West Side - Corrales": 100503, 46.5-43.1, VAP 50.7-39.2, 53.9% Obama, R avg.
12 is the Cornflower Blue one: "Albuquerque Lower West Side - Southwest Mesa": 100453, 14.9-77.1, VAP 18-73.7, 70.3% Obama.
13 is the Dark Salmon one: "North Valley - Central Albuquerque - Midtown": 95494, 42.5-48.8, VAP 46.4-45.1, 70.8% Obama.
14 is the Olive one, and is unchanged from yours: "Far Northeast Heights - North Albuquerque Acres": 97108, 63.2-25.6, VAP 66.7-23.0, 50.2% McCain. Above 4% Asian here.
15 is the Dark Orange one: "Albuquerque Uptown - International District": 96994, 44.3-42.9, VAP 49.5-38.1, 63.8% Obama. Also almost 5% Native here.
16 is the Lime one, and is unchanged from yours: "Albuquerque Foothills - Four Hills - East Mountain Area": 97435, 58.2-30.2, VAP 63-26.6, 50.5% Obama, R avg.
17 is the Dark Slate Blue one: "Barelas - South Valley - Isleta - Bosque Farms - Peralta": 97208, 23.8-66.5, VAP 27.6-62.3, 69.5% Obama.

I think this version fits the communities of interest better.

[WMS]

You know what's funny - I thought about this today at work and figured that if there was any way to attempt to address your complaints, it would have to be with a southern district like that.

I notice it's fairly dreadful from the Hispanic opportunity POV, but these things matter less in New Mexico than in other states - Hispanics can win such districts there.

True, there are certain compromises one must make in drawing such districts, but I wasn't out to screw anyone over with my map - even the enemy North Valley residents get placed in a nice community of interest district. Yes, there are further internal COI splits, but aren't there always?

Ah, both 13 (dark salmon) and 15 (dark orange) are quite winnable by Hispanics - Albuquerque City Council District 6 is in that position and has elected both Anglo and Hispanic Democrats. ABQ CC District 2 has done the same thing. Now, that doesn't mean the primaries won't be interesting there...

Also, I note that the whole West Side - Corrales district ends up as a swing district, which I find pleasing.