US House Redistricting: Mississippi

[minionofmidas]

Looks about right. Just take the 2 counties with the most blacks and throw them in the black district, and population balance.

I doubt this will be hard.

You're talking of the rl map? Yeah, to be more precise you take Natchez and most of Panola County.

[minionofmidas]

Madison consists of a suburban White south and a rural Black north. I would suppose Southern Madison has more community of interest with the rest of the Jackson metro than with the rural parts of the country. So... unless you're suggesting to also add the remaining Hinds precincts and most of Rankin County... I wouldn't worry.

[minionofmidas]

Not entirely. They kept Natchez in CD3, let the second take some more of CD1's remaining Blackbelt areas instead, extended the 1st southward as a result.

[minionofmidas]

The Delta ends at Vicksburg, of course. The non-minimal changes they did precisely united the Delta, at the price of foregoing a few extra Blacks and Dems.