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« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2016, 06:29:52 AM »
« edited: May 22, 2016, 09:07:41 AM by TimTurner »

Georgia D gerrymander (14 seats)
District 1 (white): 68.5% White, 22.6% Black; 34.2% Obama, 65.2% McCain; 40.1% Dem, 59.9% Rep.
District 2 (cornflower blue): 43.9% White, 50.2% Black; 59.3% Obama, 40.3% McCain; 60.3% Dem, 39.7% Rep.
District 3 (dark salmon): 66.7% White, 27% Black; 37.1% Obama, 62.3% McCain; 40.4% Dem, 59.6% Rep.
District 4 (dark magenta): 41.8% White, 50.5% Black; 64.1% Obama, 35.4% McCain; 63.5% Dem, 36.5% Rep.
District 5 (blue): 40.5% White, 50% Black; 61.8% Obama, 37.6% McCain; 62% Dem, 38% Rep.
District 6 (gold): 64.3% White, 14.9% Black; 54.8% Obama, 44.3% McCain; 48.6% Dem, 51.4% Rep.
District 7 (black): 46.4% White, 23.4% Black, 19.1% Hispanic; 53.4% Obama, 44.8% McCain; 49.9% Dem, 50.1% Rep.
District 8 (red): 51.8% White, 35.1% Black; 56.2% Obama, 42.9% McCain; 54.3% Dem, 45.7% Rep.
District 9 (cyan): 75.4% White, 10.7% Hispanic; 27.3% Obama, 71.8% McCain; 30.3% Dem, 69.7% Rep.
District 10 (pink): 73.2% White, 20.2% Black; 32.5% Obama, 66.8% McCain; 37.9% Dem, 62.1% Rep.
District 11 (slate blue): 29% Obama, 70% McCain; 27.3% Dem, 72.7% Rep.
District 12 (chartreuse): 53.7% White, 39.1% Black; 54.6% Obama, 44.9% McCain; 53.2% Dem, 46.8% Rep.
District 13 (green): 39.3% White, 50.1% Black; 61.7% Obama, 37.8% McCain; 61% Dem, 39% Rep.
District 14 (dark gray): 29.1% Obama, 69.8% McCain; 34.1% Dem, 65.9% Rep.
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« Reply #26 on: May 19, 2016, 06:31:58 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:33:50 PM by muon2 »

Mississippi Democratic gerrymander (4 seats)
District 1 (white): 72.3% White, 23.9% Black; 34.7% Obama, 64.2% McCain.
District 2 (blue): 45.9% White, 50% Black; 56.6% Obama, 42.7% McCain.
District 3 (green): 50.8% White, 45.6% Black; 49.8% Obama, 49.6% McCain.
District 4 (purple): 74.5% White, 19.1% Black; 29.4% Obama, 69.6% McCain.
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The green seat on this map (the 3rd) is designed to be won by as favorable to a Blue Dog as possible without the map looking overly ugly. The 1st shifts from R+14 to R+20, the 2nd from D+10 to D+4, the 3rd from R+15 to R+4, and the 4th from R+15 to R+25.
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« Reply #27 on: May 19, 2016, 06:34:01 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:34:08 PM by muon2 »

So I decided to see what a Boise-centered House seat would look like. Republicans back in 2011 shot down the idea.
I was able to split no counties. The Boise-centered House seat would have 782,407 people, while the other seat would have 785,175 people.

The blue seat is 39% Obama, 58.8% McCain; the other seat is 33.4% Obama, 64.1% McCain.
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« Reply #28 on: May 19, 2016, 06:37:35 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:34:26 PM by muon2 »

New York Democratic gerrymander

District 1 (green): 55.2% Obama, 43.8% McCain; 57.3% Dem, 42.7% Rep.
District 2 (blue): 46.2% Obama, 52.9% McCain; 48.3% Dem, 51.7% Rep.
District 3 (purple): 54.2% Obama, 45% McCain; 56.4% Dem, 43.6% Rep.
District 4 (red): 62.3% Obama, 37.1% McCain; 63.9% Dem, 36.1% Rep.
District 5 (gold): 35.7% Black, 27.3% White, 16.2% Asian; 77.5% Obama, 22.1% McCain; 77.9% Dem, 22.1% Rep.
District 6 (pink): 32.9% Asian, 31% White, 29% Hispanic; 67.1% Obama, 32.2% McCain; 70.7% Dem, 29.3% Rep.
District 7 (chartreuse): 40.7% White, 31.2% Hispanic, 22.7% Asian; 70.8% Obama, 28.3% McCain; 72.7% Dem, 27.3% Rep.
District 8 (gray): 51% Black, 27.1% White, 13.9% Hispanic; 82.4% Obama, 17.3% McCain; 84% Dem, 16% Rep.
District 9 (cyan): 50.5% Black, 25.3% Hispanic, 17.8% White; 91.3% Obama, 8.2% McCain; 92.5% Dem, 7.5% Rep.
District 10 (slate blue): 58.8% Obama, 40.4% McCain; 65.4% Dem, 34.6% Rep.
District 11 (teal): 60.6% Obama, 38.6% McCain; 61.4% Dem, 38.6% Rep.
District 12 (cornflower blue): 83.7% Obama, 15.3% McCain; 82.7% Dem, 17.3% Rep.
District 13 (dark salmon): 84.8% Obama, 14.5% McCain; 81.4% Dem, 18.6% Rep.
District 14 (dark orange): 54% Hispanic, 27.6% Black, 12.9% White; 87.6% Obama, 12% McCain; 88.6% Dem, 11.4% Rep.
District 15 (olive): 59% Hispanic, 22.2% Black, 14.2% White; 91.1% Obama, 8.3% McCain; 91.2% Dem, 8.8% Rep.
District 16 (lime): 38.8% White, 29.4% Black, 24.4% Hispanic; 72.2% Obama, 27.2% McCain; 70.1% Dem, 29.9% Rep.
District 17 (dark slate blue): 57.5% Obama, 41.7% McCain; 59.5% Dem, 40.5% Rep.
District 18 (pink): 54.1% Obama, 44.5% McCain; 55.4% Dem, 44.6% Rep.
District 19 (yellow): 55.2% Obama, 43.4% McCain; 56.8% Dem, 43.2% Rep.
District 20 (yellow green): 55.2% Obama, 43.1% McCain; 57.2% Dem, 42.8% Rep.
District 21 (maroon): 49.9% Obama, 48.2% McCain; 51% Dem, 49% Rep.
District 22 (sienna): 55.3% Obama, 42.9% McCain; 58.9% Dem, 41.1% Rep.
District 23 (aquamarine): 55.5% Obama, 42.7% McCain; 55.6% Dem, 44.4% Rep.
District 24 (gray): 56.4% Obama, 42.2% McCain; 57.7% Dem, 42.3% Rep.
District 25 (pale violet red): 55.9% Obama, 42.6% McCain; 51.4% Dem, 48.6% Rep.
District 26 (indigo): 55.6% Obama, 42.8% McCain; 51.3% Dem, 48.7% Rep.
District 27 (white): 44.5% Obama, 53.9% McCain; 44.9% Dem, 55.1% Rep.
This map would probably, in best years for the Ds, give them at most 25 seats out of 27, bettering the dominance they enjoyed immediately following the 2008 elections.
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« Reply #29 on: May 19, 2016, 06:39:42 AM »

That map is absolutely diabolical. I love it.
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« Reply #30 on: May 19, 2016, 06:41:48 AM »
« Edited: May 19, 2016, 06:58:38 AM by TimTurner »

Part of the reason I made it is that I do clean maps so often. I'm not a man who will usually draw nasty lines if I can help it. It's fun doing a very nasty map once in a while. Can you spot the three black majority seats?
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« Reply #31 on: May 19, 2016, 06:46:24 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:36:21 PM by muon2 »

New York Republican gerrymander

My effort at a more aggressive GOP gerrymander than there currently is.
District 1 (gold): 51.7% Obama, 47.3% McCain; 54.5% Dem, 45.5% Rep.
District 2 (teal): 52.1% Obama, 47.1% McCain; 54.1% Dem, 45.9% Rep.
District 3 (gray): 50.5% Obama, 48.8% McCain; 52.2% Dem, 47.8% Rep.
District 4 (slate blue): 42% White, 34% Black, 17.2% Hispanic; 68.3% Obama, 31.1% McCain; 68.7% Dem, 31.3% Rep.
District 5 (cyan): 35.6% White, 23.1% Black, 22.1% Hispanic; 72% Obama, 27.4% McCain; 73.2% Dem, 26.8% Rep.
District 6 (deep pink): 33.2% Asian, 32.3% Black, 28% White; 67.6% Obama, 31.7% McCain; 71.3% Dem, 28.7% Rep.
District 7 (red): 50% Black, 32.3%, 25.6% Hispanic, 11.1% White; 91.9% Obama, 7.8% McCain; 92.6% Dem, 7.4% Rep.
District 8 (blue): 47.4% Obama, 51.8% McCain; 55.9% Dem, 44.1% Rep.
District 9 (purple): 51.2% Black, 27.7% White, 13.2% Hispanic; 91.5% Obama, 8% McCain; 91.2% Dem, 8.8% Rep.
District 10 (green): 47.5% Obama, 51.8% McCain; 51.3% Dem, 48.7% Rep.
District 11 (cornflower blue): 84.2% Obama, 14.8% McCain; 83.4% Dem, 16.6% Rep.
District 12 (chartreuse): 40% White, 35.2% Hispanic, 15.4% Asian; 78.4% Obama, 20.7% McCain; 79.9% Dem, 20.1% Rep.
District 13 (dark salmon): 84.9% Obama, 14.4% McCain; 81.4% Dem, 18.6% Rep.
District 14 (dark orange): 54.7% Hispanic, 27% Black, 12.7% White; 87.3% Obama, 12.3% McCain; 88.3% Dem, 11.7% Rep.
District 15 (olive): 59.8% Hispanic, 20.5% Black, 15% White; 90.8% Obama, 8.7% McCain; 90.9% Dem, 9.1% Rep.
District 16 (lime): 38.2% White, 31% Black, 23.6% Hispanic; 73.6% Obama, 25.7% McCain; 72.2% Dem, 27.8% Rep.
District 17 (dark slate blue): 58% Obama, 41.2% McCain; 59.2% Dem, 40.8% Rep.
District 18 (yellow): 50.2% Obama, 48.8% McCain; 53.3% Dem, 46.7% Rep.
District 19 (pink): 54.3% Obama, 44% McCain; 54% Dem, 46% Rep.
District 20 (maroon): 57.8% Obama, 40.3% McCain; 59.3% Dem, 40.7% Rep.
District 21 (yellow green): 52% Obama, 46.3% McCain; 53.5% Dem, 46.5% Rep.
District 22 (sienna): 52.7% Obama, 45.5% McCain; 56.2% Dem, 43.8% Rep.
District 23 (aquamarine): 53.4% Obama, 44.8% McCain; 53.8% Dem, 46.2% Rep.
District 24 (indigo): 47.8% Obama, 50.7% McCain; 49.2% Dem, 50.8% Rep.
District 25 (pale violet red): 58.9% Obama, 39.8% McCain; 59.6% Dem, 40.4% Rep.
District 26 (black): 61.7% Obama, 36.7% McCain; 56.7% Dem, 43.3% Rep.
District 27 (white): 46.9% Obama, 51.5% McCain; 43.3% Dem, 56.7% Rep.
This map would probably, in best years for the Rs, give them 12 seats out of 27; in worst years, between 3 or 5, depending on whether the two 51.8% McCain SI/brooklyn seats hold.
Note: If no race breakdown is provided, said seat is 50% White or more.
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« Reply #32 on: May 19, 2016, 06:48:32 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:37:03 PM by muon2 »

This is my effort at a D+ PVI seat in Arkansas. I tried not to split counties as much as I could. The total population in this seat is 53.4% White, 39.4% Black, 4.2% Hispanic, 1.3% Asian, 0.3% Native, and 1.4% Other. The voting age population in this seat is 57.3% White, 36.4% Black, 3.6% Hispanic, 1.3% Asian, 0.3% Native, and 1% Other.

This seat is 54.1% Obama, 44.1% McCain; 62.3% Dem, 37.7% Rep.
Rest of the state is (total population) 81.6% White, 7.3% Black, 7.1% Hispanic, 1.5% Asian, 0.8% Native, and 1.7% Other; 33.3% Obama, 64% McCain; 43.4% Dem, 56.6% Rep.
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« Reply #33 on: May 19, 2016, 06:51:29 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:37:24 PM by muon2 »


My attempt at a 7D-0R Oregon.
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« Reply #34 on: May 19, 2016, 06:52:11 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:37:44 PM by muon2 »


My attempt at a more clean 3R-2D gerrymander of Oregon.
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« Reply #35 on: May 19, 2016, 06:55:30 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:37:58 PM by muon2 »


An earlier attempt at a 5-0 Oregon.
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« Reply #36 on: May 19, 2016, 07:02:28 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:38:20 PM by muon2 »

IL R gerrymander

District 1 (green): 19.4% White, 59.3% Black, 11.8% Hispanic; 93.5% Obama, 5.9% McCain.
District 2 (blue): 31.1% White, 53.8% Black, 13.3% Hispanic; 83.5% Obama, 15.9% McCain.
District 3 (pink): 54.1% Obama, 44.7% McCain.
District 4 (purple): 24.6% White, 19.5% Black, 53.2% Hispanic; 82.6% Obama, 16.4% McCain.
District 5 (red): 80.3% Obama, 18.4% McCain.
District 6 (black): 55.5% Obama, 43.2% McCain.
District 7 (yellow): 73.3% Obama, 25.5% McCain.
District 8 (teal): 63.9% Obama, 34.9% McCain.
District 9 (gray): 60.5% Obama, 38.5% McCain.
District 10 (dark salmon): 53% Obama, 45.4% McCain.
District 11 (cyan): 55.4% Obama, 43.2% McCain.
District 12 (dark slate blue): 49.5% Obama, 48.9% McCain.
District 13 (lime): 51.2% Obama, 47% McCain.
District 14 (cornflower blue): 55.1% Obama, 43.5% McCain.
District 15 (white): 49.4% Obama, 48.8% McCain.
District 16 (chartreuse): 54% Obama, 44.7% McCain.
District 17 (olive): 55.6% Obama, 42.9% McCain.
District 18 (dark orange): 52% Obama, 46.3% McCain.
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« Reply #37 on: May 19, 2016, 07:49:13 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:38:38 PM by muon2 »

NC non partisan map (13 seats)

District 1 (blue): 56.6% White, 37.6% Black; 54.9% Obama, 44.5% McCain; 57.9% Dem, 42.1% Rep.
District 2 (teal): 66.7% White, 19.8% Black; 55.1% Obama, 43.9% McCain; 54% Dem, 46% Rep.
District 3 (green): 66.8% White, 22.3% Black; 42.7% Obama, 56.6% McCain; 46.2% Dem, 53.8% Rep.
District 4 (yellow): 61.5% White, 22.8% Black; 61.2% Obama, 37.8% McCain; 58.3% Dem, 41.7% Rep.
District 5 (white): 88.1% White, 4.8% Black; 35.4% Obama, 63.2% McCain; 37.3% Dem, 62.7% Rep.
District 6 (cyan): 64.6% White, 25.6% Black; 52.6% Obama, 46.5% McCain; 51.6% Dem, 48.4% Rep.
District 7 (purple): 62.6% White, 21.9% Black; 49.7% Obama, 49.4% McCain; 52.6% Dem, 47.4% Rep.
District 8 (gray): 73.1% White, 16.2% Black; 41.2% Obama, 58.0% McCain; 41% Dem, 59% Rep.
District 9 (slate blue): 47.1% White, 34.5% Black; 67.2% Obama, 32% McCain; 61.9% Dem, 38.1% Rep.
District 10 (chartreuse): 79.5% White, 12.8% Black; 38.3% Obama, 60.8% McCain; 38.4% Dem, 61.6% Rep.
District 11 (cornflower blue): 88.8% White, 4% Black; 45.9% Obama, 52.7% McCain; 47.3% Dem, 52.7% Rep.
District 12 (pink): 73.5% White, 16.8% Black; 44.2% Obama, 54.8% McCain; 43.5% Dem, 56.5% Rep.
District 13 (red): 59.7% White, 27.2% Black; 55.1% Obama, 44.1% McCain; 54.7% Dem, 45.3% Rep.
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« Reply #38 on: May 19, 2016, 08:36:03 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:38:55 PM by muon2 »

So I decided to see what a Boise-centered House seat would look like. Republicans back in 2011 shot down the idea.
I was able to split no counties. The Boise-centered House seat would have 782,407 people, while the other seat would have 785,175 people.

The blue seat is 39% Obama, 58.8% McCain; the other seat is 33.4% Obama, 64.1% McCain.

I posted a couple of ID plans a while ago (if you search you can find plans for just about every state). The first is a particular favorite of mine since it is whole county with a population deviation of only 1 person. The second plan keeps the deviation to only 146 while keeping Boise-Nampa whole.

It would be nice to have a clear statement of what the exact role of regions is, vis a vis county/transportation link splits. How does inserting the concept of regions end up with better maps with a system that would apply to all 50 states?  Is part of it an attempt to respect metro regions even when it ends up with more county splits.  The mathematics of this all is quite daunting. Smiley

The simple answer is that it reflects the number of county splits. If D is the number of districts and R is the number of regions then the minimum number of county splits S = D - R. The links provide a constraint on region formation so that one doesn't have a split like this for ID where one county (Lemhi) has no connection to any other in CD 1 even though the districts are whole county with a population variance of 1.



The intermediate answer is that regions are easy to form and configure. By using the links to measure erosity it provides a another way to judge a plan in addition to both county splits and population equality. Public mappers can easily follow a plan based on regions. Links tend to be more dense in areas joined by communities of interest so such a region-based plan using erosity will tend towards districts that also follow the big-picture communities of interest. For example, it could lead to this plan that is better connected with a deviation of 146 that keeps the Boise metro largely intact.



The complex answer is that the notion of nodes and links can be extended into counties that need to be split. This creates a hierarchy of measures, one by region and one for the plan itself. The measures can be related at both levels and derive from the same methodology, so it remains reasonably accessible to the public. The principles that would guide well-formed regions then can also guide the formation of districts within those regions. Using ID as an example, this would provide a way of judging the merits of a plan that splits Ada county and Boise city but keeps the north and east separate.

Edit: I took a closer look at the ID state highways and found I counted a road across Boise County linking SR 55 and SR 21 as a state highway when it is not. Therefore, by my narrow rule for connections there is no way to divide ID without cutting the Boise metro. It does show the utility of the state creating an altered list of connections. It would permit connections from Gem and Adams to Boise and thus to eastern ID without going through Ada County, or allow the state to forbid that type of district by excluding that alteration. More reason to provide a county split mechanism as well as one for whole county regions.
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« Reply #39 on: May 19, 2016, 09:19:06 AM »

Any road connection at all between the two ends of my district?
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« Reply #40 on: May 19, 2016, 10:26:30 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:39:19 PM by muon2 »


Idaho with 3 districts. The blue seat is 55% McCain, 42.7% Obama; green is 60.4% McCain, 37.1% Obama; and white is 69.9% McCain, 27.6% Obama.
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« Reply #41 on: May 19, 2016, 05:09:22 PM »

Any road connection at all between the two ends of my district?

Only a dirt road through the mountains between Valley and Custer counties. Boise county has the first paved road that connects coming south from the Panhandle.
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« Reply #42 on: May 19, 2016, 06:03:13 PM »

Any road connection at all between the two ends of my district?

Only a dirt road through the mountains between Valley and Custer counties. Boise county has the first paved road that connects coming south from the Panhandle.
Interesting.
Of course the smaller seat is Boise MSA+Twin Falls MSA+Gooding County. That leaves that dirt road as the only road connection. I haven't gave much thought to the question of a dirt road counting as a road connection, which I usually have in my maps.
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« Reply #43 on: May 20, 2016, 02:25:28 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:39:37 PM by muon2 »

Oregon R gerrymander for 2020 (6 seats)

District 1 (white): This seat connects the college towns of Salem and Corvallis with Democratic-leaning suburbs of Portland in Washington County along with a small part of Portland itself. To connect these two areas it absorbs a good amount of the Pacific coast as well as a small part of Polk County. This district is solidly Democratic, a seat that Suzanne Bonamici (D-Beaverton) would never lose to a Republican.
District 2 (green): This seat is reconfigured to lose much of Eastern oregon, but keeps the counties bordering Washington. It picks up all of Washington County and part of some moderate Portland suburbs. This seat has two incumbents, Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) and Greg Walden (R-Hood River). Walden would likely have the advantage in such a matchup since he has more territory and the district's partisan lean on his side; every county wholely within the district had an R+ PVI in 2012.
District 3 (blue): That bowtie-donning Portlander Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) sees his seat contract, retreating from Clackamas County and losing some fast-growing suburbs to the 2nd. It becomes even more Democratic than before, due to losing some swing territory.
District 4 (purple): This seat is radically redrawn, being reconfigured as a Republican-leaning district, with a PVI of around R+5. While it keeps Eugene, it loses the counties of Benton and Linn as well as a good amount of Eugene's suburbs. In exchange, it gains parts of heavily Republican Eastern Oregon. as well as Jackson County, areas utterly foreign to the incumbent Democrat. Peter Fazio (D-Springfield), in sum, is screwed.
District 5 (gold): The old 5th is dismantled in several pieces, and its district number is given to this newly drawn seat in the upper end of the Willamette Valley. Solidly Republican Douglas and Linn counties cushion the Republican lean of this seat, but the center of gravity is in Lane County, where many of Eugene's suburbs are in this seat, but no large part of Eugene itself. The district runs east, were it has the Central Oregon counties of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook. The seat weighs in with a PVI of approximately R+10, ensuring it will elect a Republican and all but the worst of years.
District 6 (teal): This heavily gerrymandered Republican-leaning swing district has all or most of the conservative counties of Yamhill, Polk, and Marion. It also has a good share of Washington County, with all the the most rural areas included. The seat is R+3.
Credit for the PVIs goes to seatown.
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« Reply #44 on: May 20, 2016, 09:16:17 AM »

Any road connection at all between the two ends of my district?

Only a dirt road through the mountains between Valley and Custer counties. Boise county has the first paved road that connects coming south from the Panhandle.
Interesting.
Of course the smaller seat is Boise MSA+Twin Falls MSA+Gooding County. That leaves that dirt road as the only road connection. I haven't gave much thought to the question of a dirt road counting as a road connection, which I usually have in my maps.

We have a long history of discussion on what counts as a connection going back to 2012. You can see some of that in my post on ID from that period. If you read the current local vs regional road thread you will see how that has evolved to the present.
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« Reply #45 on: May 20, 2016, 06:33:47 PM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 10:41:56 PM by muon2 »


This map is designed to be a non-partisan map, in contrast to my two previous maps. Muon I think you would like this one better.
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« Reply #46 on: May 22, 2016, 03:13:16 AM »
« Edited: May 22, 2016, 03:35:22 AM by TimTurner »


This is a Republican gerrymander of Ohio that reduces county splits.
District 1 (blue): 46.1% Obama, 52.9% McCain; 53% Dem, 47% Rep.
District 2 (green): 45.7% Obama, 52.9% McCain; 48.8% Dem, 51.2% Rep.
District 3 (teal): 49.3% Obama, 49.2% McCain; 49.5% Dem, 50.5% Rep.
District 4 (white): 47.2% Obama, 50.8% McCain; 54% Dem, 46% Rep.
District 5 (cyan): 42.1% Obama, 56% McCain; 43.4% Dem, 56.6% Rep.
District 6 (pink): 46.8% Obama, 50.9% McCain; 57.9% Dem, 42.1% Rep.
District 7 (chartreuse): 48.3% Obama, 49.6% McCain; 55% Dem, 45% Rep.
District 8 (gold): 38.1% Obama, 60.3% McCain; 40.2% Dem, 59.8% Rep.
District 9 (slate blue): 62.6% Obama, 35.8% McCain; 66.1% Dem, 33.9% Rep.
District 10 (red): 49.2% Obama, 49.5% McCain; 48.4% Dem, 51.6% Rep.
District 11 (dark salmon): 46.1% White, 45.6% Black; 79.9% Obama, 19.3% McCain; 80.9% Dem, 19.1% Rep.
District 12 (gray): 49.8% Obama, 48.8% McCain; 49% Dem, 51% Rep.
District 13 (black): 61.8% Obama, 36.2% McCain; 71.8% Dem, 28.2% Rep.
District 14 (olive): 51.3% Obama, 47.3% McCain; 53.2% Dem, 46.8% Rep.
District 15 (blue): 50.9% Obama, 47.6% McCain; 53% Dem, 47% Rep.
District 16 (dark orange): 52.8% Obama, 45.8% McCain; 58% Dem, 42% Rep.
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« Reply #47 on: May 24, 2016, 10:26:12 AM »

Non-partisan VA map, no VRA

District 1 (blue): 44% Obama, 55.2% McCain; 41.5% Dem, 58.5% Rep.
District 2 (green): 55.2% Obama, 43.6% McCain; 51.4% Dem, 48.6% Rep.
District 3 (purple): 58.5% Obama, 43.6% McCain; 51.4% Dem, 48.6% Rep.
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« Reply #48 on: May 26, 2016, 09:18:43 AM »
« Edited: May 26, 2016, 09:32:47 AM by TimTurner »


Muon what do you think of this map?
PVIs (2008, total votes)
MI-01 (blue): R+3
MI-02 (purple): R+6
MI-03 (red): R+4
MI-04 (green): R+2
MI-05 (gray): D+9
MI-06 (white): D+2
MI-07 (dark salmon): EVEN
MI-08 (gold): D+2
MI-09 (aquamarine): D+2
MI-10 (teal): R+3
MI-11 (cyan): D+7
MI-12 (cornflower blue): D+8
MI-13 (chartreuse): 49.1% White, 45.5% Black, D+23
MI-14 (pink): 39.9% White, 48.9% Black, D+24
I opted to not have two 50% Black VAP seats because of the needed county splits and erosity. (Which, this map probably scores very well in)


If you wanted to reduce erosity a bit more you could do this instead. The 7th goes 0.3% to the left, and the 6th vice versa.
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« Reply #49 on: May 26, 2016, 12:04:17 PM »


All seats are between 53.9% and 54.3% Obama and between 43.5% and 44% McCain.
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