App to Redraw the States and Change the Electoral Map

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I think the least number of counties you need to change the election is 4 -- move the three panhandle Florida counties to Alabama and moving Camden County to Pennsylvania. Clinton wins.

You can do it with 3. Camden to PA, Lake to WI, and Lucas to MI.

You don't even need Lake, Lucas and Camden makes a 270-268 Clinton win

That's a 269-269 tie once you consider that the app doesn't split ME's electoral votes

Accounting for that would be literally impossible.

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Apparently Clinton won the part of New York north of the Bronx.

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That map leaves a fair amount on the table, too. E.g., Lake County, IN and nearby into Illinois; Memphis and some other Mississippi valley areas like Baton Rouge into Mississippi; consolidating more of the Black Belt into Georgia/Mississippi/North Carolina.

Theoretically, it should be possible to draw a 538-0 Democratic map.  I was able to get it down to 72 yesterday, but it looked pretty crazy in spots.

I got a 538-0 map with all "contiguous" states once (I made Oahu part of Alaska). I'll post it here at some point.