I Made Another Tilt Blue Seat In Colorado

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

The best part is that I barely interfered with current blue districts in Colorado while making this. Nearly all of this new Colorado 3rd congressional district is cobbled together from parts of the current Colorado cd's of 3,4, and 5. This would be a tossup seat with a slight blue tint on it. What do you guys think?

[Brittain33]

I know Routt County and I think any crossing north of Rabbit Ears Pass is going to be closed in winter, and even Rabbit Ears isn't reliably open. Basically there's no way to get those Steamboat Springs Democrats into the seat and still link the rural counties in the northwest with the rest of the state if we consider road contiguity.

[Ebsy]

I know Routt County and I think any crossing north of Rabbit Ears Pass is going to be closed in winter, and even Rabbit Ears isn't reliably open. Basically there's no way to get those Steamboat Springs Democrats into the seat and still link the rural counties in the northwest with the rest of the state if we consider road contiguity.

Road contiguity is not a requirement for congressional mapmaking.

[muon2]

I know Routt County and I think any crossing north of Rabbit Ears Pass is going to be closed in winter, and even Rabbit Ears isn't reliably open. Basically there's no way to get those Steamboat Springs Democrats into the seat and still link the rural counties in the northwest with the rest of the state if we consider road contiguity.

Road contiguity is not a requirement for congressional mapmaking.

It should be if SCOTUS would rule appropriately. Ignoring connectedness is one of the best tools in the gerrymanderer's arsenal. I was glad when SCOTUS took a step in that direction in the VA case, throwing out the CD with lots of river crossings without a bridge. Now they need to apply that beyond cases of racial gerrymandering. 

[Torie]

I know Routt County and I think any crossing north of Rabbit Ears Pass is going to be closed in winter, and even Rabbit Ears isn't reliably open. Basically there's no way to get those Steamboat Springs Democrats into the seat and still link the rural counties in the northwest with the rest of the state if we consider road contiguity.

Road contiguity is not a requirement for congressional mapmaking.

It should be if SCOTUS would rule appropriately. Ignoring connectedness is one of the best tools in the gerrymanderer's arsenal. I was glad when SCOTUS took a step in that direction in the VA case, throwing out the CD with lots of river crossings without a bridge. Now they need to apply that beyond cases of racial gerrymandering. 

How is your data processing project generating automated maps using your metrics coming along?

[muon2]

I know Routt County and I think any crossing north of Rabbit Ears Pass is going to be closed in winter, and even Rabbit Ears isn't reliably open. Basically there's no way to get those Steamboat Springs Democrats into the seat and still link the rural counties in the northwest with the rest of the state if we consider road contiguity.

Road contiguity is not a requirement for congressional mapmaking.

It should be if SCOTUS would rule appropriately. Ignoring connectedness is one of the best tools in the gerrymanderer's arsenal. I was glad when SCOTUS took a step in that direction in the VA case, throwing out the CD with lots of river crossings without a bridge. Now they need to apply that beyond cases of racial gerrymandering. 

How is your data processing project generating automated maps using your metrics coming along?

We are waiting on a grant application, and expect to hear next month.

[Torie]

Good luck. It would have been nice to have shipped this all off to SCOTUS, to help move Justice Kennedy along to the promise land. Use metrics like you have, and if there is departure from them, with one party controlling the process, the burden of proof is on them to show the departures were not done for partisan reasons. It is not really that hard to get from A to B.