2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: West Virginia

[patzer]

A bunch of proposed maps from state senators are available on the WV Legislature's website:

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Districts/2020/senatemaps.cfm

I am not at all sure the point of Trump's 5th map. Deviation is enormous

[patzer]

https://twitter.com/RedistrictNet/status/1448677841239957506?s=20
Congrats to all who predicted North-South. Mooney gets the short straw as expected. Also, good on Boiseboy for predicting the final plan, just with two counties swapped.

Just to check- are those the actual district numbers? Numbering the southern district as the 1st would be very odd.


Edit: I checked the actual bill text. 1st is northern, 2nd is southern. The map was just wrong.

[patzer]

Hang on. Jeez.

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2021/3X/floor_amends/SB3033%20SFA%20TRUMP%20_1%2010-13%20adopted.htm

This Trump amendment, which appears to be the one adopted, did flip the districts over and make the 2nd the northern one. (As well as putting Pendleton in the south and Ritchie in the north)

It says "SB3033 SFA TRUMP _1 10-13 adopted.htm"

So I assume that means it's adopted. Huh.

Only possible reason I can think of for this is giving Mooney a tiny bit of legitimacy in his new district retaining the number of his old district.

[patzer]

Hang on. Jeez.

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2021/3X/floor_amends/SB3033%20SFA%20TRUMP%20_1%2010-13%20adopted.htm

This Trump amendment, which appears to be the one adopted, did flip the districts over and make the 2nd the northern one. (As well as putting Pendleton in the south and Ritchie in the north)

It says "SB3033 SFA TRUMP _1 10-13 adopted.htm"

So I assume that means it's adopted. Huh.

Only possible reason I can think of for this is giving Mooney a tiny bit of legitimacy in his new district retaining the number of his old district.

I watched a little bit of the debate and the reason for the number flip, I kid you not, is they drew the southern district first and the software they used labeled it #1.

Do you know if there’s a link to the debate anywhere? I’d like to add that little fact to Wikipedia but would need a source.