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« on: July 03, 2020, 02:44:34 AM »

A lot of people have been congratulating me on making such a good congressional map of Virginia:


Fairfax County:




DistrictColorClinton %Trump %Northam %Gillespie %Kaine %Stewart %
1Dark Blue52.641.056.142.760.137.8
2Dark Green47.347.650.848.153.544.9
3Dark Purple60.833.064.334.568.229.8
4Red49.544.156.042.857.939.9
5Yellow43.250.747.950.950.847.0
6Jade31.564.033.465.536.462.0
7Brown53.641.957.041.959.439.1
8Light Purple67.725.571.827.274.223.3
9Light Blue27.467.731.767.035.462.9
10Pink45.448.249.949.053.744.2
11Chartreuse64.728.368.430.671.226.6

Assorted thoughts:
VA-5: Split UVA in a slightly ugly fashion, but enjoyed uniting the district with our friends at UMW and Liberty. Virginia Tech almost made it in the competitive district, but instead are condemned to VA-9.
VA-10: The failson district -- CIA/Raytheon thugs are reunited with their kids at JMU.
VA-11: Most high school rivalries are preserved.

This map is an abomination. First of all, DelMarVA basically has to pair with Virginia Beach due to road connections. I'm not sure if the 7th has enough minorities in it. Trying to pair all of Loudoun with Shenadoah would only happen in a GOP gerrymander. I'm unsure what the 5th and 6th are supposed to accomplish. Also county lines would be nice, because I can't properly analyze the 1st, the way that you drew it. Also there is absolutely no need to give Richmond its own seat and very few maps will do that. Most maps will put in either the 4th which is the Newport News  to Richmond minority seat or in the suburban Henrico based 7th. The quad cut of Fairfax just seems unnecessary, giving McLean to the 10th actually makes some sense, given how it and Great Falls are different than places like Reston, but I don't get the logic behind pushing the 1st into parts of Fairfax.


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