State senate districts

[Strudelcutie4427]

After looking at some state senate maps i saw how ridiculous some of the districts are. Figured i'd try straightening out my old home state, Massachusetts just to start. Pretty interested to see what you all could come up with too whether they're fair maps or even more gerrymandered than they already are.

Boston Area


PVI's as of 08

1: Very small Western towns (Safe D) D+20
2. Upper Connecticut River Valley (Safe D) D+22
3. Suburban Hampden County (Likely R) Even
4. Springfield (Safe D) D+23
5. Northern Springfield Suburbs (Safe D because of Holyoke) D+9
6. SW Worcester County (Safe R) R+2
7. SE Worcester County (Lean D) D+1
8. Worcester (Safe D) D+16
9. Framingham and Rte 20 area (Safe D) D+9
10. Marlboro and Rte 9 (Safe D) D+9
11. NW Worcester County (Likely R) Even
12. Fitchburg and Nashua River Valley (Lean D) D+1
13. Lowell, Chelmsford, and Dracut (Safe D) D+6
14. Lawrence, E. Methuen, Haverhill (Safe D) D+12
15. Lowell Suburbs, Andover (Likely R) R+1
16. Cape Ann and Far North Shore (Safe R w/ Bruce Tarr, Likely D otherwise) D+4
17. Woburn and Reading area (Lean R) Even
18. Salem Harbor (Safe D) D+7
19. Lynn, Saugus, and Marblehead peninsula (Safe D) D+9
20. Malden, Melrose, Medford and Everett (Safe D) D+11
21. Towns NW of Cambridge (Safe D) D+17
22. NE Suffolk County, Boston's North End (Safe D) D+12
23. Cambridge and Somerville (Safe D) D+33
24. Northern Norfolk County, Natick (Safe D) D+8
25. Newton, Waltham (Safe D) D+17
26. Brookline, Watertown, Allston-Brighton (Safe D) D+25
27, Western Norfolk County (Likely R) R+1
28. Inner city Boston (Safe D) D+39
29. SW Boston (Safe D) D+28
30. Coastal Boston, Back Bay, Southie (Safe D) D+18
31. Quincy, Randolph, Milton (Safe D) D+8
32. Northern part of the South Shore (Lean R) Even
33. Brockton, Stoughton, Sharon (Safe D) D+11
34. Central South Shore, W/E Bridgewater (Safe R) R+4 McCain won it
35. Northern Bristol County, Foxboro (Likely R) Even
36. Taunton area, Bridgewater, Middleboro (Lean R) R+1
37. Fall River, Dartmouth (Safe D) D+13
38. New Bedford, South Coast (Safe D) D+13
39. Plymouth, Upper Cape (Likely R) Even
40. Cape and Islands (Safe D) D+7

[Nyvin]

If I could run DRA it'd be fun to do the NH Senate.   The GOP packed the Dems into 6 districts in the state and it's been remarkably beneficial for them, they lost the popular vote in 2012 and came within a hair in 2016, but never lost a majority of seats since 2010.  

It's arguably one of the most effective gerrymanders in the country, but not one that's talked about much.

The executive council map is just as bad.

[Strudelcutie4427]

If I could run DRA it'd be fun to do the NH Senate.   The GOP packed the Dems into 6 districts in the state and it's been remarkably beneficial for them, they lost the popular vote in 2012 and came within a hair in 2016, but never lost a majority of seats since 2010.  

It's arguably one of the most effective gerrymanders in the country, but not one that's talked about much.

The executive council map is just as bad.

If I could run DRA it'd be fun to do the NH Senate.   The GOP packed the Dems into 6 districts in the state and it's been remarkably beneficial for them, they lost the popular vote in 2012 and came within a hair in 2016, but never lost a majority of seats since 2010.  

It's arguably one of the most effective gerrymanders in the country, but not one that's talked about much.

Ive tried doing NH to get as close to a 12-12 tie as I can. Its hard on DRA because you cant split precints and some precincts like Merrimack have 25,000 people in it. haha. Heres the best i could do

North

South

1. Rochester, Somersworth, Barrington (Likely D) D+5
2. Dover, Durham, UNH area (Safe D) D+13
3. Portsmouth, Exeter, Rye (Safe D) D+9
4. Hampton, Seabrook, Newton (Safe R) R+5
5. Salem, Windham, E. Derry (Safe R) R+9
6. Londonderry, W.Derry, Auburn (Safe R) R+6
7. Hudson, Pelham, Litchfield (Safe R) R+6
8. Central Rockingham, Hampstead, Raymond (Safe R) R+6
9. N/W Manchester (Likely D) D+3
10. S/E Manchester (Tossup) D+1
11. Carroll County (Likely R) Even
12. E. Belknap, NE Merrimack, N. Strafford (Safe R) R+2
13. W. Belknap, N Merrimack (Lean R) R+1
14. Concord (Safe D) D+11
15. NW Rockingham, SE Merrimack (Likely R) R+4
16. Hollis, S Nashua (Likely D) D+3
17. N Nashua, Merrimack (the town) (Tossup) R+1
18. SW Hillsborough (Likely R) R+3
19. Western Manchester Suburbs (Safe R) R+9
20. S. Cheshire (Safe D) D+12
21. Claremont, Peterborough, small towns north of Keene (Safe D) D+8
22. Lebanon, E. Sullivan, W. Merrimack (Safe D) D+7
23. S. Grafton (Safe D) D+12
24. Coos, N. Grafton (Lean D) D+5

Got 11 Dems, 11 Reps, and 2 toss up seats. Ratings are based off 2016 results

As For the Executive Council:


1. Most of the Rural part of the state (Tossup) D+1
2. Connecticut River Valley, Keene, Concord (Safe D) D+10
3. Most of Hillsborough County (Lean R) R+3
4. Manchester, Salem, Derry (Safe R) R+5
5. Seacoast, UNH, Rochester (Likely D) D+4