Fair redistricting: Texas

[Sol]

This is my plan for North Carolina. I have tried to draw compact districts and cut down on splitting counties while keeping communities of interest and ensuring minority representation. The partisan split reflects recent election results as there are seven Republican districts and six Democratic ones. Located in the Sandhills region, the 9th district is the most competitive one and its PVI is D+2.



Basic facts about the districts are below.

CD 1: D+10; VRA district; 48% white & 44% black
CD 2: D+4
CD 3: R+9
CD 4: D+13
CD 5: R+18
CD 6: D+8
CD 7: R+10
CD 8: R+20
CD 9: D+2; majority-minority (49.8% white)
CD 10: R+12
CD 11: R+9
CD 12: D+16; VRA district; 49% white
CD 13: R+19

For some reason this image isn't displaying in the post so I uploaded it to the Gallery:

[Sol]

That map also chops a few munis in SE Mecklenburg.

[Sol]

If I knew whether partisan fairness or minority representation was more important, I'd know which of my alternate plans to submit as a second choice. More importantly, I'd have a sense of how to weight the variables in upcoming states.

Speaking only as myself and not for the other panelists, minority representation and conforming to the VRA is more important to me, though obviously both are good. A lot is ofc context dependent, but generally I'd order the factors in my evaluation as something like:

Minority representation>Urban Areas/UCCs>Communities of Interest>Erosity>Partisan Composition

Please let me know if you need any more clarification

[Sol]

This was my submission. I almost hesitated to submit it, because Jimrtex and some others have made superior ones.

Why the ugly tendril into Spartanburg?

[Sol]

MS:
ASV>pnm>singletx>cvparty>muon2>MB

I prioritized majority-black districts and keeping metro Jackson whole.