US House Redistricting: Iowa

[ProgressiveModerate]

Can someone explain to me why it's in the GOP's benefit to create a D "vote sink" in Des Moines rather than just keeping a map simillar to the current config. The thing is a Des Moines seat doesn't really help to shore up IA-1 and 2 at all, it just means IA-4 can get redder but that seat is already red enough for the GOP. Wouldn't it just be better to have a map simillar to the current config where IA-3 is more or less a tossup with rurals that may help cancel out some of the urban trends of Des Moines?

For example, a map like the map below follows the county rules and is reasonably compact, and would make districts 1, 2, and 3 all redder.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Y’all do realize that an IA-3 D “vote sink” doenst really do anything to make IA-1 or IA-2 much better for the GOP; it mostly just makes already red IA-4 redder. IA-3 is inevitably going to be a tossup following re districting at best for GOP, because of rules so this really ain’t anymore of a dummymander than a D leaning Des Moine based seat map.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Y’all do realize that an IA-3 D “vote sink” doenst really do anything to make IA-1 or IA-2 much better for the GOP; it mostly just makes already red IA-4 redder. IA-3 is inevitably going to be a tossup following re districting at best for GOP, because of rules so this really ain’t anymore of a dummymander than a D leaning Des Moine based seat map.

Depends on if it goes east or not. But it's possible to put Iowa City and Des Moines in the same seat, and that would produce a CD that is around 55-56% Dem iirc.

That isn't really possible with IA's rules