I JUST WROTE A REALLY REALLY LONG WRITE-UP ABOUT THIS BUT IT DELETED UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Either way, here are the new and old PVIs.
OLD:
Indiana 1 D+8
Indiana 2 R+11
Indiana 3 R+18
Indiana 4 R+17
Indiana 5 R+9
Indiana 6 R+18
Indiana 7 D+11
Indiana 8 R+15
Indiana 9 R+13
NEW:
Indiana 1 D+8
Indiana 2 R+12
Indiana 3 R+17
Indiana 4 R+15
Indiana 5 R+17
Indiana 6 R+15
Indiana 7 D+16
Indiana 8 R+16
Indiana 9 R+14
To make it quick, this map accomplishes everything I wanted. Has 2 suburban seats (IN-05, IN-08) instead of the million we have now (IN-04, IN-05, IN-06, IN-09), Has one centralized rust belt seat (IN-06), divides the 8th and 9th by horizontal geography rather than vertical which makes more sense given Southern Indiana's cultural similarity to the South. It also gives the Northern 3 townships of Marion County to IN-07, which makes more sense given urbanization, racial, etc. patterns of the county. There are also only 8 county splits without comprises geographical compaction.
That’s a great map. I love what you did with the Indy metro and the big western district is cool as well. Also glad you put the rural northwestern counties with that district instead of with the region district.
