Colorado 2020 U.S. House Redistricting Discussion

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I made a Colorado map.

The Population Deviation is 0.03%, and it reflects 2019 ACS Data.
The map above shows results from the 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial election.

Check it out here and see county and municipality boundaries.


Partisan Breakdown by Election

2016 U.S. Senate Election in Colorado: 4D to 4R

2016 U.S. Presidential Election in Colorado: 4D to 4R

2018 Colorado Attorney General Election: 4D to 4R

2018 Colorado Gubernatorial Election: 4D to 4R

2020 U.S. Presidential Election in Colorado (rough estimate): 5D or 6D to 3R or 2R

CO-4 (the pale Republican one close to Denver) probably flipped.
Maybe CO-1 (the large Western district) flipped as well but I'm not so sure.


Opinions?

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MAP

5 and 7's cuts into Jefferson seem pointless, any real reason for them both?  You can just push 8 more into Douglas and remove 5 and 7 from Jefferson entirely.

I created CO-1, CO-2, CO-3, and CO-8 before I made any of the districts surrounding the Denver metro, and when I started making CO-4, it didn't have space for any more people in Jefferson. Interesting idea though pushing CO-8 into Douglas, but I tried to keep the entire Denver urban area outside of CO-8 and there really wasn't any more room in CO-8 for adding more parts of Douglas.

Also, it worked quite well for population balancing.

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Does anybody else think that CO-3 could potentially become competitive down the line considering trends in Western Colorado?

After all, CO-3 only was won by Trump with a margin of 7%, but if you look at this map, you'll see that Western Colorado massively trended D from 2016 to 2020 on the presidential level. If these trends continue, I'd think that this could make Boebert (who is notoriously extreme) vulnerable in her own district, no?