538 district maps series - Connecticut

[bagelman]

Surprised to see all the maps unique for a smaller state.

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

[cvparty]

compact borders?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The one that keeps counties whole

[muon2]

County borders are meaningful since they tend to represent a form of community of interest based on shared government. In CT there is no county government, so the borders don't have the significance that they would in most states. Their meaning in CT is purely statistical. The better technique is to preserve the NECTAs - the town equivalent of metropolitan areas, and then chop no towns.

This is a plan the preserves NECTAs to the extent possible with a minimum erosity, the range is just under 1%.



If the goal is to minimize inequality while preserving the NECTAs, the plan might look like this with a range of 0.03%.

[Former President tack50]

Proportionally partisan map looks the best to me.

[Brittain33]

Since my experience with Connecticut is the 150+ times I've driven through it between Boston and New York/New Jersey, I find the competitive elections map most compelling. It looks weird out of context but it gives you two highway corridor districts and 3 competitive districts that make sense out of the remainder.

This is also one of the few states where the the compact districts map doesn't automatically induce nausea even if Bridgeport is a little too close to the edge of the 4th.

[Brittain33]

I perversely wish we had 43 identical posts of krazen saying "Republican gerrymander. Great map!" on this board.

[Pennsylvania Deplorable]

I know counties don't matter as much in New England, but the last map just looks the best and is fair from a partisan standpoint.