Georgia 2020 Redistricting Discussion

[beesley]

Is the current GA-02 majority black?

[beesley]

https://davesredistricting.org/join/4e7384a5-0390-4bd8-b1c6-88bd78118c32

Another 'my definition of fair map' using the 2020 Presidential race figures. I tried to balance out the black % in Districts 4, 5, and 13, which is why there isn't a district made up of only DeKalb. Districts 2 and 7 are also maj-min. Loudermilk would be drawn out, but District 9 has no incumbent.

[beesley]

I was testing out the knew precinct splitting tool () by making a GA senate map and its soo good. I was kinda vaguely drawing to help democrats and it turned out to be a pretty even proportional map with the balance of power lying in a handful of swing districts in the southern part of the state and suburbs of Georgia. I really like how the districts look especially how they tend to follow natural barriers such as roads and rivers, as well as how it creates a competitive map.

Great map!

[beesley]

Drawing NWGA in such a way as to get rid of MTG is no less gerrymandering than splitting up Nashville or Kansas City, in my view.

[beesley]

Drawing NWGA in such a way as to get rid of MTG is no less gerrymandering than splitting up Nashville or Kansas City, in my view.

LOL. MTG was the last thing on my mind. She won't be around that long anyway, and a gerrymander is designed to last. She is also peripatetic, although rumor has it she currently has an address in Rome. In any event, her district has not changed that much. It just slips in to Cobb to take in some marginal, and in this case not very Dem trending territory, exchanging some real estate with the more hard pressed Loudermilk, so he can grab Bartow, etc. Trump 2020 carried my GA-14 by 27 points. But I can appreciate why Democrats would think she is a national treasure who should be preserved in glass.

My point was aimed at the post above mine which explicitly mentioned MTG, rather than yours. Apologies for the confusion.

[beesley]

I decided to make a map focused on minimizing change, incumbent protection, and compactness.

Here's what I got. Data is 2020 presidential; closest seats are the 2nd (D +9.9) and the 12th (R +9..

Nice work.