US House Redistricting: Pennsylvania

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Ugh, I'm represented by that ass Pitts. He's basically a single-issue anti-woman Congressman.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Ugh, I'm represented by that ass Pitts.

Does that mean the Congressional map is out?

No, but I have him now and I'll probably have him in the map since he refuses to give up Lancaster County.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Yup, Reading was cut into three or so pieces in 2000. Since they might create part of a D-leaning district if they were made whole, they're cut up and only serve to make Republican districts slightly less Republican.

We really need a nonpartisan redistricting commission a la Arizona or Florida.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I lost the map before I could post it (and I evidently forgot to fill in a few tiny precincts that I failed to spot the first time I filled in the districts), but it was looking pretty good for Democrats without being a gross gerrymander.

I think it was something like this:

1st: Erie, western Crawford, Mercer, and most of Lawrence. Beaver was either in this one or in:
2nd: Washington, Greene, Fayette, a little of Westmoreland, and the non-Pittsburgh parts of Allegheny
3rd: Eastern Crawford, Venango, Butler, Armstrong, Elk, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Cameron, Warren, McKean
4th: Pittsburgh (central Allegheny county)
5th: A few Allegheny suburbs, Westmoreland, Indiana, Cambria, Somerset, parts of Blair
6th: Lackawanna, Luzerne, Carbon, part of Monroe
7th: Potter, Clinton, most of Centre, Tioga, Lycoming, Sullivan, Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Wayne, Pike, part of Monroe
8th: Part of Blair, part of Centre, Clearfield, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Huntingdon, Union, Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, western Cumberland
9th: Eastern Cumberland, Dauphin, Northern York
10th: Adams, Southern York, Southern Lancaster, Southern Chester
11th: Lebanon, northern Lancaster, northern Chester
12th: Eastern Chester, northern Delaware, southeast Montgomery (KOP)
13th: Southern Delaware and the entire coast of Philadelphia along the Delaware
14th: Central Philadelphia (majority black, over 90% Obama)
15th: Bucks, parts of NE Philly, parts of SE Montgomery
16th: Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, most of Berks, Schuylkill
17th: Lehigh, Northampton, parts of Berks, possibly a sliver of Montgomery
18th: South-central Montgomery, parts of northern Philadelphia

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

What's so terrible with a compact map which more accurately represents counties and regions, and doesn't split major cities in between large GOP strongholds?

Oh yeah, that would show off PA's Democratic lean. Let's not be fair.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Pitts lives in Chester, so no. It'll probably be just Lancaster and southern Chester.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Yeah, Christiana is running in the 4th. Not sure how they're going to manage to pull this off...

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Or does that put him in the wrong CD (the same as Murphy)?

What the hell is that thing?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Wow, SW PA got torn apart. Also, when will we finally get past that dirty trick of splitting cities in between Republican areas? On one hand I'd like to see a court redrawing to make sure that not every county of any party affiliation is split 50 ways, but on the other hand I have a feeling this'll come back to bite Corbett and pals where it hurts.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Also, I'm pretty much on the border between Pitts's district (light gray in the second picture) and the brown district above it of Northern Lancaster, Lebanon, and parts of Berks, Dauphin and Chester.

Also, is the 18th supposed to be the one Democratic district in SW PA (other than Pittsburgh)?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I guess I'll support Altmire.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

My God. They'd better take that map to the courts.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

When the 7th district looks like a fish having sex with a cat (they aren't even connected, mind you), it's a problem. When a tilt D state has a 2:1 GOP advantage in Congress, it's a problem.