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« on: December 04, 2022, 08:29:35 PM »


Tennessee

There are two whole-county CDs and six county nesting groups I ended up with. Nashville was the most undecided area for me, and I split it up in a compactness-minded way. The lines in Shelby County reflect my interest in municipal integrity; all of Memphis sits in TN-09. There are 7 Trump seats and 2 Biden ones. TN-05 and TN-04 are perhaps marginal, but no other seats on the map have any real chance of flipping whatsoever.

TN-01 (Johnson City): 89W; 77-22 Trump, R+30
TN-02 (Knoxville): 81W; 62-37 Trump, R+17
TN-03 (Chattanooga): 79W, 11B; 66-32 Trump, R+20
TN-04 (Nashville): 64W, 16B, 12H; 54-44 Trump, R+9
TN-05 (Nashville): 66W, 20B; 53-44 Biden, D+2
TN-06 (Gallatin): 86W; 75-24 Trump, R+28
TN-07 (Clarkville): 77W, 12B; 70-28 Trump, R+23
TN-08 (Jackson): 69W, 23B; 67-32 Trump, R+20
TN-09 (Memphis): 58B, 29W; 70-28 Biden, D+20

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The Nashville configuration is a bit awkward.  The most "neutral" idea would probably be leaving Davidson County whole.  Since it's just under 1 CD, then you would add purple La Vergne from Northwestern Rutherford County.
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100% pro-life no matter what
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« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2022, 12:15:58 AM »


Alabama

75% of the state is covered in whole-county CDs. One of these is the black-plurality AL-07, running almost the entire length of the state. While these are not necessarily compact to a high standard in a general sense, they are compact enough to justify their existence. I tried (and failed) to have no county splits at all. Unfortunately, Jefferson County cannot be paired with any of its neighbors to form a whole-county CD, unlike under 2010 numbers. I divided up the entire area that could not be drawn into whole-county CDs in a way that had compactness in mind and then called it a day. There are five Trump seats and two Biden seats.

AL-01 (Mobile): 63W, 27B; 64-35 Trump, R+16
AL-02 (Auburn): 63W, 28B; 66-33 Trump, R+19
AL-03 (Alabaster): 72W, 20B; 72-27 Trump, R+25
AL-04 (Decatur): 80W; 79-20 Trump, R+32
AL-05 (Huntsville): 69W, 17B; 65-34 Trump, R+19
AL-06 (Birmingham): 50W, 41B; 54-45 Biden, D+2
AL-07 (Montgomery): 47B, 46W; 53-46 Biden, D+2

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With how Republican Alabama was in 2022, it's not out of the question that both of those seats would have flipped for a 7-0 delegation.  Kay Ivey only lost Jefferson County by three points.
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