Weighted Voting For Congress

[Del Tachi]

Here's my take on Tennessee:



District 2:  West Tennessee.  Population 3,260,832 (+87,780).  64W/27B/6H.  VAP 67W/25B/5H.  49.8% McCain, 51.1% DEM.  Tossup - Tilt D.

District 2:  East Tennessee.  Population 3,085,273 (-87,779). 88W/6B/3H.  VAP 90W/5B/3H.  64.8% McCain, 59.3% GOP.  Safe R.

Never thought I could make a 90% White district containing more than 3 million people in the South.

Tennessee's a dificult state to do because of its elongated shape and relatively even distribution of its surprisingly urban population.  A Nashville/Memphis district and a Mountain district probably highlights the political cleavages in the state the most (which, ATST, shows a strong adherence to the community of interest standard).

I could have gone for a Nashville + far-flung exurbs district, but results in the other district being a very strange U-Shape that is visullay unappealing and puts Memphis and Chattanooga in the same district :/

This map also probably represents the best Democrats can hope to get in Tennessee; a Blue Dog-type would easily win Tennessee West while Tennessee East could elect a true fire-breather if they wanted to.