Correcting Racial Injustice In Mississippi Congressional Maps

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Based on 2010 census, not the best, and somewhat gerrymandered, but I think it is much better than the current map. What do you think?

[OneJ]

Districts 3 and 4 are drawn rather weirdly (but I’ve seen stranger, lol), but I guess from a logical standpoint it makes sense to put Jackson’s suburbs in Rankin with as close as you can to the Coast as possible.

It looks fine to me though.

[Strudelcutie4427]

That map makes Maryland look good

[Del Tachi]

No, of course not.  That horrendous grey district isn't even legally contiguous for crying out loud (looks like it relies on water contiguity around the Gulf Coast).  Metro Jackson being split between 3 CD's is a clear COI problem.

If your objective is to be a partisan hack and create a 2-2 Mississippi map, this one is much better.

[Nyvin]

No, sorry.   That would be horrendous.

[Green Line]

This map is the injustice. 

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

This map is the injustice. 

[Lachi]

Those population deviations make me cry.

[Oryxslayer]

Horrible map. I your goal is two dem seats, you can achieve that while avoiding the seacoast spiral.

[Tintrlvr]

It seems like it should be possible for the second D seat to cut between the two R seats rather than having to go around the coast.

[CatoMinor]

This map, in my opinion at least, crosses the line between VRA required districts and illegal racial gerrymanders. Your map should be titled "separate but equal"

[scutosaurus]

somewhat gerrymandered

"somewhat"

[Dr. MB]

No. Gerrymandering doesn't correct a thing.

I've been able to create two BVAP plurality/majority districts without over-gerrymandering.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Or you could draw two Black majority districts without creating Rorschach's Salamander. (from Daily Kos)

[AustralianSwingVoter]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Or you could draw two Black majority districts without creating Rorschach's Salamander. (from Daily Kos)

But those are barely blue, with mine you get one solid blue and the other tilt blue. These are both just slight blues.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

That is still like around 50k people.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

That is still like around 50k people.

Only 16 counties are more White than Gulfport-Biloxi.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

That is still like around 50k people.

Only 16 counties are more White than Gulfport-Biloxi.

But the Gulfport Biloxi counties are significally larger than most of those other places.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

That is still like around 50k people.

Only 16 counties are more White than Gulfport-Biloxi.

But the Gulfport Biloxi counties are significally larger than most of those other places.

But there is still no reason for a Black VRA seat to venture into them.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

That is still like around 50k people.

Only 16 counties are more White than Gulfport-Biloxi.

But the Gulfport Biloxi counties are significally larger than most of those other places.

But there is still no reason for a Black VRA seat to venture into them.

Yeah, I will admit, it is pretty egregious.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Or you could draw two Black majority districts without creating Rorschach's Salamander. (from Daily Kos)

But those are barely blue, with mine you get one solid blue and the other tilt blue. These are both just slight blues.

Both of my seats are Safely Blue.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

That is still like around 50k people.

Only 16 counties are more White than Gulfport-Biloxi.

But the Gulfport Biloxi counties are significally larger than most of those other places.

But there is still no reason for a Black VRA seat to venture into them.

Yeah, I will admit, it is pretty egregious.

Then why do it when you don't have to?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I wanted to include the substantial black areas of Gulfport-Biloxi.

The Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Hancock, Harrison) is only 19.8% Black and 70.5% White. There is no substantial black population to speak of.

That is still like around 50k people.

Only 16 counties are more White than Gulfport-Biloxi.

But the Gulfport Biloxi counties are significally larger than most of those other places.

But there is still no reason for a Black VRA seat to venture into them.

Yeah, I will admit, it is pretty egregious.

Then why do it when you don't have to?

I wanted to make the district bluer, and I did not see any other options that looked as good at the time.