538 district maps series - Colorado

[bagelman]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps/colorado/

Here's one that doesn't need a microscope or a map overlay.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps/colorado/

Here's one that doesn't need a microscope or a map overlay.

This is a great find, thank you!

[Hoosier_Nick]

The compact via counties and the current/proportional are both pretty good.

[Del Tachi]

Maj-Min map.  CO needs a majority non-White District and the GOP shores up a seat this way.

[Brittain33]

Except for the fact it splits Colorado Springs in two, the Highly Competitive map is intriguing and distributes results well along the spectrum.

[Former President tack50]

Compact-county borders map.

I'm starting to realize that in most cases this is the best map, with only a few exceptions.

[Hoosier_Nick]

Compact-county borders map.

I'm starting to realize that in most cases this is the best map, with only a few exceptions.

[PragmaticPopulist]

I voted the compact map. It's not the most ideal map I would make, but it's the best of the choices.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Current map I guess.

[muon2]

I wish I knew for sure how many chops they used in their compact county plan. This this was the muon rules plan from 2015. It has 2 chops and in 2008 had a partisan mix of 2 solid D, 1 lean d, 1 even, and 3 solid R.



Of course the 2008 results are the ones that would have been relevant for a map with 2010 data. Loading my drf file into the updated DRA I find the following stats. The partisan balance has basically held the same over the decade.

CD 1: +818; D+24
CD 2: +1118; D+11
CD 3: -3552; R+8
CD 4: +876; R+13
CD 5: -469; R+14
CD 6: -729; D+5
CD 7: +1935; D+1

nb. I reconstructed the 538 map in DRA and it seems to have 6 county chops.

[Pennsylvania Deplorable]

I wish I knew for sure how many chops they used in their compact county plan. This this was the muon rules plan from 2015. It has 2 chops and in 2008 had a partisan mix of 2 solid D, 1 lean d, 1 even, and 3 solid R.



Of course the 2008 results are the ones that would have been relevant for a map with 2010 data. Loading my drf file into the updated DRA I find the following stats. The partisan balance has basically held the same over the decade.

CD 1: +818; D+24
CD 2: +1118; D+11
CD 3: -3552; R+8
CD 4: +876; R+13
CD 5: -469; R+14
CD 6: -729; D+5
CD 7: +1935; D+1

nb. I reconstructed the 538 map in DRA and it seems to have 6 county chops.

I like your map, although the inclusion of both the southeast and northwest corners in the same district is a bit odd. Seems fair to me.

[Nyvin]

The Compact map wouldn't be bad.

[jimrtex]

I wish I knew for sure how many chops they used in their compact county plan. This this was the muon rules plan from 2015. It has 2 chops and in 2008 had a partisan mix of 2 solid D, 1 lean d, 1 even, and 3 solid R.



Of course the 2008 results are the ones that would have been relevant for a map with 2010 data. Loading my drf file into the updated DRA I find the following stats. The partisan balance has basically held the same over the decade.

CD 1: +818; D+24
CD 2: +1118; D+11
CD 3: -3552; R+8
CD 4: +876; R+13
CD 5: -469; R+14
CD 6: -729; D+5
CD 7: +1935; D+1

nb. I reconstructed the 538 map in DRA and it seems to have 6 county chops.

At the bottom of each state's page there is a link to "Get the data on GitHub". county_assignments.csv file is the file you are interested in. It will tell you that it is too big to display, but just click on download (and it displays in the browser).

The compact map splits Arapahoe (3), Boulder (2), Douglas (2), Jefferson (3), Park (2).

This is the one extra cut, but that may be because the Arapahoe exclaves of Glendale and Holly Hills are included with CO-1.