Flo's and ElectionGuy's Maps

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Behold...a whole county Mississippi map - complete with a black-majority district.

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I recreated a couple of old Texas congressional districts.

First, the 2001-2003 version of TX-01:



To show how republican east TX has become over the last decade, this district would have gone just barely under 70 percent for McCain in 2008, with Romney definitely breaking the threshold in 2012. In fact, it's now a bit more republican the the other old district I recreated:



This is my attempt to recreate the 1991-2001 version of TX-13. It was purposely drawn this way in the 1990's redistricting cycle to shore up then-democratic incumbent Bill Sarpalius. It removed some republican territory in the Texas panhandle (most notably Randall County, which hasn't gone D at the presidential level since 1948), and included two "arms" to pick up democratic enclaves - one into Lubbock County to pick up the minority-heavy parts of Lubbock, and the other into Denton County to pick up the heavily democratic area around North Texas University. Even with these additions, Sarpalius only won one cycle under this map.

By my calculations, the district would have gone about 69 percent for McCain in 2008, with Romney likely breaking the 70 percent mark. It is, however, still a few points more democratic than the current TX-13.

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I've recently decided to try my hand at city council maps.

Here's one I made for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Part of my aim was to create as many majority-nonwhite districts as possible:



District 1 (Blue): 82.2% White, 76.5% Obama, 21.4% McCain
District 2 (Green): 51.9% Black, 78.9% Obama, 20.2% McCain
District 3 (Purple): 57.6% Black, 83.0% Obama, 16.2% McCain
District 4 (Red): 74.7% White, 62.4% Obama, 36.0% McCain
District 5 (Yellow): 58.0% Black, 82.2% Obama, 17.0% McCain
District 6 (Teal): 78.4% Black, 92.2% Obama, 7.3% McCain
District 7 (Gray): 82.4% White, 68.6% Obama, 29.6% McCain
District 8 (Gray-blue): 86.4% Black, 96.5% Obama, 3.2% McCain
District 9 (Cyan): 88.0% Black, 98.0% Obama, 1.7% McCain
District 10 (Pink): 72.8% Black, 95.4% Obama, 4.1% McCain
District 11 (Light green): 38.1% Hispanic, 28.5% White, 27.2% Black, 84.0% Obama, 15.0% McCain
District 12 (Light blue): 68.5% Hispanic, 81.6% Obama, 17.4% McCain
District 13 (Salmon): 80.2% White, 53.5% Obama, 44.9% McCain
District 14 (Brown): 54.8% Hispanic, 71.1% Obama, 27.5% McCain
District 15 (Orange): 79.5% White, 57.2% Obama, 41.1% McCain

So, in total, there are seven black-majority districts, five white-majority districts, two Hispanic-majority districts, and one mixed-race coalition district...and Obama won them all.

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Atlanta, Georgia:



District 1 (Blue): 73.3% Black, 94.7% Obama, 4.9% McCain
District 2 (Green): 60.3% White, 85.1% Obama, 13.8% McCain
District 3 (Purple): 95.3% Black, 98.6% Obama, 1.4% McCain
District 4 (Red): 89.7% Black, 97.4% Obama, 2.3% McCain
District 5 (Yellow): 88.1% Black, 96.0% Obama, 3.8% McCain
District 6 (Teal): 53.1% White, 84.8% Obama, 14.1% McCain
District 7 (Gray): 64.2% Black, 91.4% Obama, 8.1% McCain
District 8 (Gray-blue): 61.6% White, 74.9% Obama, 24.2% McCain
District 9 (Cyan): 92.3% Black, 97.7% Obama, 2.0% McCain
District 10 (Pink): 62.4% White, 63.8% Obama, 35.4% McCain
District 11 (Light green): 73.5% White, 50.4% Obama, 48.9% McCain
District 12 (Light blue): 81.7% White, 55.9% McCain, 43.4% Obama

So, six black-majority and six white-majority (probably isn't quite as proportional as it could be). Unlike Milwaukee, McCain actually did win one council district (and came very close to winning another). Both of them are in a very affluent part of the city, which is what differentiates them from the other white-majority districts.

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Going for "most republican districts in democratic areas" (and vice-versa), here's a 57% McCain Georgia state house district entirely within Atlanta.

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Going for "most republican districts in democratic areas" (and vice-versa), here's a 57% McCain Georgia state house district entirely within Atlanta.

That's Buckhead for ya!

Yeah, I've heard about it before. It's apparently a very rich part of town, which is what sets it apart from the other white parts of Atlanta (which are heavily democratic).

Considering how well he fits this area, I wouldn't be surprised if Romney came close to, or possibly even succeeded, in breaking 60 percent in this district.

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I did a couple other major Georgia cities.

Despite being more republican I could only get a measly 53% McCain district in Augusta:



Columbus, on the other hand, I was able to get a whopping 68% McCain district