Fair redistricting: New York

[Tintrlvr]

Evesham does not belong with Toms River...

That 3rd district was definitely the hardest. It's pretty similar to the real-life one I think.

The thing is, there's a much neater solution where NJ-02 goes further into Gloucester instead of into Ocean, NJ-01 goes into Burlington to make up for the losses in Gloucester, and NJ-04 takes the rest of suburban Burlington from NJ-03 (not sure if this lets NJ-03 leave Burlington entirely -- probably not -- but it could at least be confined to remote SE Burlington). Same number of county splits and a much neater and more COI-friendly map.

The current map is a gerrymandered mess so not at all a guideline for what is acceptable.

[Tintrlvr]

Could someone explain the areas of concentrated Asian population in Philadelphia?



It appears that there are three areas along the Montco line in northern Philadelphia. I assume that these probably extend into Montco, and  probably represent an upwardly  mobile professionals. Where are the universities. Isn't Temple south of Schuylkill? Where are Penn, LaSalle, Villanova, and St.Joseph's?

There are three small but concentrated areas south of downtown?, and then one just across the river.

Are these mostly Chinese with some Indian?

UPenn is the concentration just west of the Schuylkill.

[Tintrlvr]

1st (Bucks county): R+0.87 | VAP white 87.7%
2nd (Cheltenham): D+19.20 | VAP white 68.4%
3rd (Philadelphia): D+37.86 | VAP white 30.5%
4th (Reading): D+2.31 | VAP white 77.6%
5th (west Philadelphia): D+27.92 | VAP white 44.6%
6th (Chester county): D+1.31 | VAP white 85.0%
7th (Allentown): D+0.78 | VAP white 79.5%
8th (Scranton): R+1.82 | VAP white 90.3%
9th (Harrisburg): R+8.66 | VAP white 84.2%
10th (York): R+13.60 | VAP white 90.0%
11th (Lancaster): R+12.56 | VAP white 88.6%
12th (Williamsport): R+18.13 | VAP white 93.9%
13th (Altoona): R+18.65 | VAP white 93.0%
14th (Westmoreland county): R+15.80 | VAP 95.0%
15th (Butler county): R+20.34 | VAP 96.4%
16th (Erie): R+4.94 | VAP 91.8%
17th (north Allegheny): D+6.88 | VAP 80.7%
18th (Washington county): D+1.55 | VAP 88.2%

This is an interesting approach to SEPA that I haven't seen before. What's the black VAP in 3 and 5?