Unskewing the Senate by creating new states

[Pandaguineapig]

It's funny how the same people who scream that Trump is shredding norms are also the same people who want to shred apart foundations of our government after an election doesn't go their way

[Calthrina950]

Every state is between 5.5 and 6.5 million.
Alaska is part of the Portland state. Hawaii is part of the Sacremento state.

What would the voting history information for each state look like?

33 or 34 of them voted for Obama and Clinton.
This is a map that clearly is skewed towards Democrats.

I see. If I had to guess, the Trump states on this map would be:

1. Greater Montana
2. Greater Dakota
3. Missouri
4. Kansas-Oklahoma
5. Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas
6. Arizona
7. Northern Alabama-Georgia
8. Tennessee
9. North Florida-Georgia
10. Southern North Carolina
11. Indiana
12. Western Kentucky
13. Eastern Kentucky
14. Appalachia
15. Greater Texas
16. Upper Michigan

The Southern NC state actually voted for Clinton.
You are omitting the state in the Gulf Coast - the one with New Orleans.

I was relatively close then. The Gulf Coast state goes for Trump. Do you have the actual data saved for these states?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Every state is between 5.5 and 6.5 million.
Alaska is part of the Portland state. Hawaii is part of the Sacremento state.

What would the voting history information for each state look like?

33 or 34 of them voted for Obama and Clinton.
This is a map that clearly is skewed towards Democrats.

I see. If I had to guess, the Trump states on this map would be:

1. Greater Montana
2. Greater Dakota
3. Missouri
4. Kansas-Oklahoma
5. Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas
6. Arizona
7. Northern Alabama-Georgia
8. Tennessee
9. North Florida-Georgia
10. Southern North Carolina
11. Indiana
12. Western Kentucky
13. Eastern Kentucky
14. Appalachia
15. Greater Texas
16. Upper Michigan

The Southern NC state actually voted for Clinton.
You are omitting the state in the Gulf Coast - the one with New Orleans.

I was relatively close then. The Gulf Coast state goes for Trump. Do you have the actual data saved for these states?

I don't have exact figures. However, it should be easy to figure out the exact numbers if one spends enough time.

[OBD]

How does the tool work?

[kcguy]

As usual, I started this project enthusiastic, but then I took forever and got sick of it.  I could probably continue to adjust things to make them more sensible, but instead I'll just upload what I have and call it a day.

Anyhow, here's my map of 50 "compact" states.



I didn't shoot for population equality--in fact, the NYC district probably has 15 times the population of the Maine district--but at least my end-product had some out-of-the-box results I wouldn't have expected at the start.