5 region maps

[Platypus]

Please post any ideas you have for five region maps here. Each member may only post three maps, although they are allowed to post only one or two. The ten best proposals will be put in a poll, and a maximum of one proposal per member will be on that poll. The poll will commene on the 15th, so you have about a week for proposals.

Happy mapping!

[Platypus]

Proposal Hugh-A


In this proposal there are ten states per region, and the regions make geographic sense-West, Central Plains, South, Midwest, Northeast.

Porposal Hugh-B


In this map the regions have equal EVs (or close to, they all have approx. 109). This wouldn't represent actual forum members, however, and therefore I prefer proposal A.

Proposal Hugh-C will come later

[Platypus]

Proposal Hugh-3

[Platypus]

There is an overwhelming concensus that we are having 5 regions in the US, with perhaps a sixth for ints. So, these are 5 region maps, using many different proposals, from geography, to 10 state-size, to current EV-size, etc. for the proposals. the best map will get the most votes, whatever proposal it uses, and that would determine our system.

[Platypus]

The problems with these maps is that members will come from other states; and current membersd will become unactive. This is also the main benefit of ten-state maps, because they never have to change.

[Platypus]

We can't just re4arrange the districts all the time, just like you can't rearrange states.

Once we have a plan, we need to stick to it.

In a day or so, I'll put up the poll of the ten top choices. if people could start by telling me what their top 10 are, that'd be good.

Remember, each person can only have one map on the poll, but you can list as many as you want from any person, just make sure you put the best one, in your opinion, first.

My list will be in my next post, I just want to review the choices

[Platypus]

ATM, we only have 11 proposals, so this is just a draft. There is still time to add proposals, and also for people to edit any votes they create now.

I think if we don't get over 15, I'll just make it a poll on the top five.

Points ill be allocated in this way: 12 points for a 1. vote, 10 for a number 2, 8 for 3, 7 for a 4, 6 for a 5, 5 for a 6, 4 for a 7, 3 for an 8, 2 for a 9 and 1 for a 10.

Here is my first draft, then:

1. Hughento-C
2. Gustaf-B
3. Hughento-A
4. Hughento-B
5. Harry-A
6. Lewis-A
7. Lewis-C
8. Miamiu-A
9. Lewis-B
10. Gustaf-A

of_this might have been good, but it was a six region map, so I thought that it wasn't in tune with the rules, and therefore had to ut Gustaf-A above it

[Platypus]

What if an elected official losing his state from the region he represents in the redistribution? That seems to me to be extremely unfair.

[Platypus]

But if he is the incumbent of region X, and is forced into region Y, he has significantly lower chance at election, and also his policies, mindset and opinions might not be the same in his new region at all (ie, if NJ was forced to go into the south region).

Whilst I recognise what you are saying, and think it is better then some of the other proposals, imho, I still see fatal flaws in shifting districts.

[Platypus]

What I want to say will not help with my application for GM, and as I am supposed to be running this thread independently, I probably ought not to offer any more opinions

I really should be a politician, you know

[Platypus]

I like the first part of your proposal, with the fixed regions