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President Punxsutawney Phil
TimTurner
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Re: US SENATE DISTRICTS

« on: August 14, 2018, 05:29:12 PM »

The need to avoid discontiguity trumps keeping NYC whole.

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President Punxsutawney Phil
TimTurner
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	Re: US SENATE DISTRICTS « Reply #1 on: August 14, 2018, 06:34:18 PM »
	« Edited: August 14, 2018, 06:37:28 PM by Southern Speaker Punxsutawney Phil »

This is an alternative arrangement for NV:
Las Vegas: D+13
Rest of Nevada: R+7

This is not really a good plan but it does show that it's possible to do it worse...

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President Punxsutawney Phil
TimTurner
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Re: US SENATE DISTRICTS

« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2018, 07:15:20 PM »

9,622,907 live on LI, Manhattan, and SI.
9,755,195 live in Upstate NY+Bronx.
there are 66,144 required to be moved from Bronx to the Downstate seat. These are just going to be a rounding error in regards to PVI calculations.

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