Challenge: Create as many hypermarginals as possible

[Miles]

Here's NC. I got 7 districts within .5%.  Also, all the districts except for the 2 in the western mountains and the one in Durham are within .6% .



Starting in the east moving west:

Lime- 49.9/49.3 Obama
Pink- 50.0/49.4 Obama
Gray- 48.8/49.4 McCain
Yellow- 49.7/49.5 Obama
Dark Blue- 49.6/49.6 Obama
Orange- 49.5/49.5 McCain
Dark Purple- 49.7/49.4 Obama

Charlotte area:
Green- 49.8/49.4 McCain
Purple- 49.8/48.3 McCain
Blue- 49.8/49.4 Obama

Non-marginal seats:
Salmon- 52.7/45.9 McCain
Light Blue- 62.5/36.1 McCain
Brown- 66.0/33.0 Obama

Overall, not a hideous map, by North Carolina standards.

[Miles]

Wow, lol at your mountain district.

I'm sure I could tweak mine to get 9 or 10.

[Miles]

Why not try for R+0 (or 53% Obama) rather than making districts that all have Republican PVIs?

Here's NC. I got 10 53% Obama districts.

Not a particularly clean map. I kept NC-02 basically the same. My favorite is the Winston-Salem-to-Asheville district!



Obama %
1- 52.9
2- 52.8
3- 42.4
4- 53.1
5- 37.9
6- 53.2
7- 52.9
8- 53.1
9- 53.0
10- 35.3
11- 53.0
12- 52.8
13- 53.1

[Miles]

I made some revisions to NC.

1 and 6 are more compact. I fixed the Forsyth-Buncombe district. Other than 3, 5 and 10, all the districts are exactly 53.0% Obama.