Dave's Redistricting App

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Sounds good. Too bad not all the states are supported.

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I created an 8 district Missouri.

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That somewhat reminds me of the Maryland map that I just created.

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District 1 (blue): Obama 42%, McCain 56%
District 2 (green): Obama 47%, McCain 51%
District 3 (violet): Obama 54%, McCain 43%
District 4 (red): Obama 87%, McCain 12%. 65% black.
District 5 (yellow): Obama 72%, McCain 27%
District 6 (teal): Obama 42%, McCain 56%
District 7 (gray): Obama 86%, McCain 12%. 63% black.
District 8 (lavender): Obama 72%, McCain 27%

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I know that Maryland is unlikely to gain a district in 2010 but I decided to try it out anyway.



District 1 (blue): Obama 41%, McCain 57%
District 2 (green): Obama 48%, McCain 51%
District 3 (violet): Obama 87%, McCain 13%. 66% black.
District 4 (red): Obama 45%, McCain 52%
District 5 (yellow): Obama 81%, McCain 18%. 40% white and 36% black.
District 6 (teal): Obama 40%, McCain 58%
District 7 (gray): Obama 89%, McCain 10%. 68% black.
District 8 (lavender): Obama 66%, McCain 32%
District 9: Obama 70%, McCain 29%

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I really want partisan data for more states.

Amen.

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No, they couldn't win any of those seats with a 51-52% victory. Sorry.

Also, it quite simply is not possible to pack any more Republicans into Walden's district than I did.

How do you post maps from Dave's Redistricting App onto here?

First you have to save your map in the App. Then download and run his map2jpg tool, save the files somewhere on your machine. You can upload the images to the Atlas gallery and link to them in your post. It's worked for me.

Alternatively, if the application doesn't save it as it happens to me, you can still use "print screen" and then paste it on paint.

That's what I do.

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I'm working on a Republican gerrymander of NY. So far I'm still working on New York City and Long Island. I have made NY-1 and NY-9 into two McCain districts. I hope to post maps soon.

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OK, here is my 28 district New York. 19 districts voted for Obama, 9 voted for McCain (in bold). In real life, it was 25 for Obama and 4 for McCain (in italic).



Long Island districts (Suffolk and Nassau Counties):



NY-1: Obama 49%, McCain 51%
NY-2: Obama 60%, McCain 40%
NY-3: Obama 47%, McCain 52%
NY-4: Obama 53%, McCain 47%
NY-5: Obama 73%, McCain 27%

New York City districts (Queens, Kings, Richmond, New York and Bronx Counties):



NY-6: Obama 89%, McCain 11%
NY-7: Obama 79%, McCain 20%
NY-8: Obama 80%, McCain 20%
NY-9: Obama 46%, McCain 53%
NY-10: Obama 93%, McCain 7%
NY-11: Obama 93%, McCain 6%
NY-12: Obama 82%, McCain 17%
NY-13: Obama 48%, McCain 51%
NY-14: Obama 82%, McCain 17%
NY-15: Obama 91%, McCain 9%
NY-16: Obama 95%, McCain 5%
NY-17: Obama 69%, McCain 30%

For the remaining districts, see the main map.

NY-18: Obama 58%, McCain 41%
NY-19: Obama 53%, McCain 45%
NY-20: Obama 58%, McCain 41%
NY-21: Obama 48%, McCain 50%
NY-22: Obama 49%, McCain 49% (McCain wins by less than 1%)
NY-23: Obama 59%, McCain 39%
NY-24: Obama 60%, McCain 39%
NY-25: Obama 48%, McCain 50%
NY-26: Obama 69%, McCain 30%
NY-27: Obama 46%, McCain 52%
NY-28 (currently NY-29): Obama 49%, McCain 50%

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officepark, would you mind giving a color key for the New York map.

That's pretty hard, because it's not like I can think of a name for each of the 28 colors. Alright, I'll try.... (by the way, I numbered the districts according to the color key that the program always uses, so for example district 1 is always blue, and the district 1 in the map is blue too).

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And now here's a GOP gerrymander of Maryland! Under good conditions, anyway.



Blue: McCain+8
Green: McCain+11
Grayish Blue: McCain+7
Teal: McCain+8
Purple: Obama+79
Red: Obama+43
Yellow: Obama+48
Gray: Obama+79

Good job, you did it even better than I did.

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I notice the list of supported states has not been updated in a long time.

1. What are the supported states?
2. What states have partisan data?

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I notice the list of supported states has not been updated in a long time.

1. What are the supported states?
2. What states have partisan data?

1. All but the at-large states
2. New York, California, Texas (you have to click "use test data" first before choosing those states) and Maryland (don't click "use test data") are the ones I know of.

Thank you.

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I too am working on North Carolina currently, now that they have the partisan data. While working on the 1st district I noted a majority-black precinct in eastern Greene county that actually voted for McCain.

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OK, here's my take on NC. 9 McCain districts, and only 4 Obama districts. Also district 12 becomes plurality black.



District 1: Obama 64, McCain 36. 50% black.
District 2: Obama 55, McCain 44
District 3: Obama 39, McCain 61
District 4: Obama 73, McCain 27
District 5: Obama 48, McCain 51
District 6: Obama 39, McCain 60
District 7: Obama 44, McCain 56
District 8: Obama 37, McCain 62
District 9: Obama 48, McCain 51
District 10: Obama 42, McCain 57
District 11: Obama 47, McCain 52
District 12: Obama 70, McCain 29. 46% black.
District 13: Obama 44, McCain 55

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Hey guys, Dave's added partisan data for Pennsylvania.

Yay! I'll get to work on producing a map at once.

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I was actually able to redraw New Mexico 2-1 for McCain. (Current map is 2-1 Obama.) Both McCain districts were very close, but it was done.

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Here it is.



District 1: Obama 49%, McCain 49% (McCain won by 712 votes)
District 2: Obama 48%, McCain 51%. 48% Hispanic, 46% white.
District 3: Obama 73%, McCain 26%. 47% Hispanic, 30% white.

District 2 underwent little to no change. It must be one of the few McCain districts to also be majority-minority.

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Version 2.0 of the app has been released. For those of you with bookmarks directly to the app, you'll need to change it to this URL:

http://gardow.com/davebradlee/redistricting/davesredistricting2.0.aspx

It's certainly an interesting change, but it'll take some getting used to.

Just started it. I haven't yet tried to do anything with it, however. The first thing I noticed was the use of Bing Maps. Thank God they're using the old color scheme; I hate the blue scheme used now.

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So, I tried clicking on the new version of the App, having only used the original version, and a pop-up box came up saying I needed to download an updated version of Silverlight, so I clicked on the link, downloaded the new version of Silverlight, and installed it - or at least, installed it as far as I can tell, since it said "the software was successfully installed" at the last step of the installer - but now both the new version and the original App don't work - instead when I click on either link, all I get is a light blue icon in the top left telling me... to install Microsoft Silverlight!



Any thoughts from the more IT-savvy out there?

What browser are you using?

Firefox, though the same thing happens when I try it with Safari.

It works perfectly with IE (even version 6!)

It could be this, however:

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BTW I've come to hate version 2.0 of this application, and have returned to using only version 1.0.

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- McCain district in New York City excluding Staten Island

I've actually tried that, and it is possible. NY-9 (Anthony Weiner's district) is based in Kings County (Brooklyn) and Queens County, and I was able to make it into a Republican district in this 28-district map.

(I know, New York lost 2 districts instead of 1, so I'll have to redraw the map into 27 districts, but I'm sure NY-9 still works. You should remember, as I recall you asked me which districts had which colors.)

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Dave's added partisan data for Washington (the 2010 Senate election).

But not the 2008 presidential election? Interesting.