House x2

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The average congressional district is home to around 700,000 people. What would it look like if the number of districts were doubled to allow for easier representation of constituents interest? To start off I did Minnesota, which has been doubled from 8 seats to 16 seats





1. Washington/N Ramsey D+3
2. St. Paul D+26
3. S Minneapolis D+26
4. N Minneapolis D+26
5. Anoka R+5
6. W Hennepin EVEN
7. Bloomington/Scott County R+2
8. N Dakota County D+2
9. S Dakota County/Rochester exurbs R+6
10. Rochester and SE R+2
11. SW Minnesota R+10
12. Wright County and other Western exurbs R+16
13. St. Cloud to the WI border R+11
14. Duluth and Iron Range D+6
15. West Central R+15
16. NW Minnesota R+10

4 Democrats, 7 Republicans, 5 Competitive (D/R+<5)




Maine with 4 districts that in a neutral environment would split 2-2, although both Republican districts are swingy, though very Trumpy

1. York County/Portland D+10
2. Northwest/Lewiston/N Cumberland R+2
3. E Cumberland/Augusta/Bucksport D+5
4. Northeast/Bangor/Bar Harbor R+3

2 Democrats, 2 Competitive



New Hampshire is probably the only state in which every district would be competitive

1. Salem/Derry/Portsmouth R+3
2. Manchester/Nashua/Merrimack R+1
3. Rochester/Laconia/Lebanon D+1
4. Keene/Concord/Claremont D+3

4 Competitive



North Carolina is the first big state I've attempted

1. Outer Banks R+13
2. Goldsboro/New Bern R+7
3. Camp Lejune/Wilmington R+9
4. Brunswick/Lumberton R+9
5. Fayetteville D+7
6. South Central R+9
7. Johnston/Harnett/Sampson Counties R+14
8. Union County R+11
9. N/E Charlotte D+15
10. S/W Charlotte D+19
11. Gaston and Lincoln Counties R+17
12. Northern Appalachians R+18
13. Asheville/Hendersonville R+7
14. Southern Appalachians R+11
15. Cabbarus and Rowan Counties R+15
16. Hickory/Statesville R+21
17. Piedmont/Winston-Salem R+14
18. Winston-Salem/Greensboro D+21
19. Greensboro/Rockingham R+8
20. Randolph/Chatham/Davidson Counties R+20
21. Burlington/Oxford R+7
22. Chapel Hill/Durham D+28
23. Southern Wake County D+1
24. Raleigh D+18
25. Northern Wake/Rocky Mount EVEN
26. Roanoke Rapids/Greensville D+13

7 Democrats, 17 Republicans, 2 Competitive





1. Berkshire/Franklin/Hampden Counties D+22
2. Springfield, Westfield, Chicopee D+13
3. Longmeadow, Ludlow, Southbridge R+3
4. Worcester, Shrewsbury, Hopkinton D+12
5. Fitchburg, Leominster, Chelmsford D+1
6. Framingham, Marlboro, Lexington D+17
7. Lowell, Billerica, Andover D+3
8. Lawrence, Haverhill, Gloucester D+9
9. Lynn, Salem, Revere D+10
10. Cambridge, Somerville, Back Bay, Southie D+30
11. Woburn, Malden, Medford D+17
12. Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan D+36
13. Brookline, Newton, Allston-Brighton D+24
14. Quincy, Brockton, Randolph D+14
15. Foxboro, Walpole, Attleboro EVEN
16. Weymouth, Braintree, Bridgewater EVEN
17. Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton D+9
18. Cape Cod, Plymouth, Wareham D+4

12 Democrats, 6 Competitive



1. Western Bernalillo D+20
2. Eastern Bernalillo/Torrance R+2
3. Sandoval/San Juan/McKinley R+3
4. Southwest D+3
5. Southeast R+16
6. Northeast D+18

2 Democrats, 1 Republican, 3 Competitive

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1. Tolland/Windham Counties D+2
2. New London/Most of Middlesex D+4
3. Hartford/Bloomfield/Windsor D+25
4. Middletown/Meridien/New Britain D+9
5. Western Hartford County/Litchfield R+3
6. Southington/Waterbury/Ansonia R+3
7. Central New Haven County D+12
8. New Haven/West Haven/Bridgeport D+17
9. Danbury/Fairfield/Shelton R+1
10. Greenwich/Stamford/Norwalk D+8

5 Democrats, 5 Competitive


I did RI with 3 since its districts are already extremely below average

1. Providence/Pawtucket/Central Falls D+25
2. Woonsocket/Cranston/Johnstown D+2
3. Newport/Narragansett/Westerly D+7

2 Democrats, 1 Competitive



1. Western Panhandle R+15
2. Eastern Panhandle R+20
3. West Central R+22
4. East Central R+23
5. Southeast R+22
6. Southwest R+16

6 Republicans



1. The Stovepipe R+20
2. Boise/Canyon County R+16
3. Boise/Southwest R+14
4. Eastern Idaho R+25

4 Republicans


1. Omaha D+9
2. Western Douglas and Sarpy R+13
3. Lincoln and East Central R+10
4. Lincoln and Southeast R+14
5. Northeast R+24
6. West R+30

1 Democrat, 5 Republicans


This is North Dakota btw
1. West R+23
2. East R+9

2 Republicans




1. North R+27
2. Weber/Davis/Morgan Counties R+25
3. "The Liberal Quarter" (NE Salt Lake) D+15
4. Tooele and West Salt Lake R+15
5. South Central Salt Lake R+14
6. North Provo and SE Salt Lake R+27
7. East and Far South R+28
8. South Provo and West Central R+36




1. Southern Washoe/Douglas/Carson City R+6
2. Northern Washoe/Elko R+8
3. Central Nevada R+8
4. Southern Clark County R+2
5. Henderson/Southern Strip R+3
6. Paradise/Vegas Strip D+11
7. East of Vegas D+20
8. North Las Vegas D+18

3 Democrats, 3 Republicans, 2 Competitive



1. Northeast R+26
2. Tulsa R+16
3. Western Tulsa exurbs R+17
4. East Central R+21
5. Suburban OKC R+17
6. Inner OKC D+2
7. Moore/Norman R+17
8. Red River/SE R+28
9. Southwest R+24
10. Northwest R+30

9 Republicans, 1 Competitive

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1. Aurora D+15
2. NE Denver/SW Adams D+17
3. Central Denver D+27
4. West Denver/E JeffCo D+9
5. Jefferson/Park/Clear Creek R+4
6. Boulder/Broomfield D+19
7. Douglas/NW El Paso R+18
8. Centennial R+4
9. Weld/Adams R+7
10. Greeley/Fort Collins R+1
11. Northwest R+7
12. Southwest R+9
13. Pueblo/SW El Paso R+6
14. East R+14

5 Democrats, 6 Republicans, 3 Competitive



1. Big Island, Maui, Molokai D+22
2. Honolulu D+15
3. N/W Oahu, Kauai, Niihau D+15
4. SE Oahu D+20

4 Democrats



1. Lawrence/KC D+10
2. Eastern Johnson County R+7
3. Topeka/KC Suburbs R+8
4. Northeast R+19
5. Southeast R+21
6. Wichita/Sedgwick collar counties R+14
7. most of Sedgwick county R+16
8. Western Half R+31



1. Gulf Coast R+19
2. SE (Non-Coastal) R+22
3. S Central R+17
4. SW inc Jackson D+16
5. East Central R+10
6. Northeast R+11
7. Northwest D+11
8. North R+20

2 Democrats, 6 Republicans