Constituencies of a parliamentary US

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

650 members. Minimum of 4 constituencies for each state.
Some maps coming soon.

[Lachi]

How many people would that equal per district?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

How many people would that equal per district?

roughly 500,000 in general though it varies per state, and there's a +/-10% deviation in use.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Cook County:
Chicago Far South 96-3 Obama D+45
Chicago South 90-9 Obama D+40
Chicago Central 87-12 Obama D+36
Chicago North 81-18 Obama D+32
Chicago Far North 75-24 McCain D+25
Thornton 78-21 Obama D+27
Worth-Palos 56-43 Obama D+3
Proviso 73-26 Obama D+23
Evanston 66-33 Obama D+15
Schaumburg 58-41 Obama D+6

Collar Counties:
Aurora-Elgin 55-43 Obama D+2
Wheaton 55-44 Obama D+2
Naperville 56-42 Obama D+5
Joliet 55-44 Obama EVEN
Lakeshore 61-38 Obama D+9
McHenry 53-46 Obama R+4

Outside of the state of Illinois:
Rockford 53-45 Obama R+4
Dekalb-Ottawa 54-45 Obama R+5
Peoria-Quad Cities 58-41 Obama D+1
Bloomington 47-52 McCain R+11
Springfield 49-49.4 McCain R+11
Champaign 51-47 Obama R+5
Granite City 52-47 Obama R+11
Effingham 43-56 McCain R+23
Belleville-Cairo 55-44 Obama R+4

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

W OH:
Cincinnati West 56-43 Obama D+5
Cincinnati East  43-56 McCain R+8
Hamilton 38-61 McCain R+16
Dayton 55-44 Obama D+2
Beavercreek 35-63 McCain R+18
Sidney 38-61 McCain R+20

Applachian OH:
Lancaster-Coshocton 42-56 McCain R+13
Portsmouth 41-57 McCain R+18
Athens 50-48 Obama R+11
Youngstown 56-42 Obama R+3

Franklin County:
Columbus North 50-49 Obama, EVEN
Columbus East 65-34 Obama, D+17
Columbus South 51-47 Obama, D+1

NW OH:
Lima-Bowling Green 42-56 McCain R+16
Toledo 64-35 Obama, D+10
Elyria 56-43 Obama D+1
Marion 43-55 McCain R+15
Ashland 42-56 McCain R+16

NE OH:
Cleveland West 59-40 Obama D+7
Cleveland East 83-16 Obama D+33
Firelands (Geauga, Lake, part of Cuyahoga) 56-43 Obama D+2
Akron 59-40 Obama D+6
Canton 52-47 Obama R+6
Mahoning 57-41 Obama EVEN

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Wayne County:
Monroe-Romulus 58-40 Obama D+2
Dearborn 65-33 Obama D+13
Livonia 77-22 Obama D+23
Detroit 88-11 Obama D+36

Oakland and Macomb counties:
Warren-Sterling Heights 57-41 Obama D+3
Oakland North 46-53 McCain R+13
Troy 61-37 Obama D+9
Pontiac 56-42 Obama D+2

W Michigan:
Cadillac 48.8-49.4 McCain R+11
Grand Rapids 59-39 Obama D+3
Kalamazoo 55-43 Obama R+2
Ottawa 42-56 McCain R+14
Wyoming-Ionia 44-55 McCain R+12

Detroit exurbs+Lansing+leftovers
Battle Creek 51-47 Obama R+9
Lansing 60-38 Obama D+6
Ann Arbor 60-38 Obama D+6
Flint 64-35 Obama D+6
The Thumb 51-47 Obama R+11
Saginaw-Midland 55-44 Obama R+5
Mackinac 50-48 Obama R+10

[Strudelcutie4427]

So how many seats would each state get? I can try to make the New England onrs

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

NoVa:
Fairfax North 60-39 Obama D+12
Fairfax South 59-40 Obama D+13
Arlington 71-29 Obama D+24
Manassas 58-42 Obama D+8
Loudoun 50-49 Obama R+1

West of Fall Line:
Shehandoah 38-61 McCain R+18
Roanoke 47-52 McCain R+8
Clinch-Powell 37-62 McCain R+25

Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay:
Virginia Beach-Accomack 49.4-49.7 McCain R+3
Norfolk 60-40 Obama D+8
Hampton-Portsmouth 65-34 Obama D+15
Rappahannock 42-57 Obama R+11

East of Fall Line:
Charlottesville 51-49 Obama D+3
Richmond South 54-45 Obama D+4
Richmond North-Henrico 60-40 Obama D+11
Emporia 47-52 McCain R+7
Fredericksburg 46-53 McCain R+9

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

So how many seats would each state get? I can try to make the New England onrs

I respectfully decline, because 1) this is designed to be personal challenge of sorts for me, and 2) I already have a rough idea of how New England's seats will look like.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Boston North
Boston South-Franklin
Weymouth
Cape Cod
Taunton
Salem
Essex
Cambridge
Lowell
Concord-Harvard
Worcester
Springfield
Berkshire


Stamford
Trumbull
New Haven
Waterbury
New London
Manchester
Hartford
Litchfield


Woonsocket
Providence
Pawtucket-Newport
Warwick

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Burlington
Champlain
Montpelier
Middlebury


Keene-Coos 60-39 Obama D+5
Manchester 52-47 Obama EVEN
Concord-Dover 56-44 Obama D+1
Portsmouth 49.7-49.5 Obama R+5


Augusta-Acadia 56-42 Obama D+2
Bangor 53-45 Obama R+4
Portland 63-35 Obama D+11
York 58-40 Obama D+3

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A proper parliamentary America must have Canada as part of it

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

oh oh oh! Can I do SC? Pleeeeeease?


If your answer is yes...
How many districts would it need?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

oh oh oh! Can I do SC? Pleeeeeease?


If your answer is yes...
How many districts would it need?

This is my challenge though. Giving anyone else the leeway to do any states only hurts the challenge.

[Antonio the Sixth]

No offense, but this kind of just amounts to yet another "the US House but with a different number of districts" project (which I like, don't get me wrong, and I think you draw districts very well, but there are just too many of them).

One thing I'd be interested in seeing for a change is multi-member constituencies - for example, what if the US had about 150 constituencies that could vary in size from, say, 3 to 5 (like the Irish ones do)? There's a lot of fun to be had with variable sizes and each States being split in unique ways, and the implications for partisan balance would be interesting.

jao

[Gass3268]

No offense, but this kind of just amounts to yet another "the US House but with a different number of districts" project (which I like, don't get me wrong, and I think you draw districts very well, but there are just too many of them).

One thing I'd be interested in seeing for a change is multi-member constituencies - for example, what if the US had about 150 constituencies that could vary in size from, say, 3 to 5 (like the Irish ones do)? There's a lot of fun to be had with variable sizes and each States being split in unique ways, and the implications for partisan balance would be interesting.

jao

Take a look at the Maryland House.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Suffolk County:
Suffolk West
Suffolk North
Suffolk South

Nassau+Queens:
Nassau North
Nassau Southeast
Nassau Southwest
Queens-Astoria
Queens-Flushing
Queens-Forest Hills
Queens-Jamaica

Staten Island+Brooklyn:
Staten Island
Brooklyn-Hamilton
Brooklyn-Canarsie
Brooklyn-Midwood
Brooklyn-Sunset Park
Brooklyn-Bedstuy

Manhattan:
Manhattan-Wall Street
Manhattan-Central Park
Manhattan-Harlem

Bronx:
Bronx-Pelham Bay
Bronx-Riverdale
Bronx-Yankee Stadium

Hudson Valley:
Westchester North
Westchester South
Tappan Zee
Catskill
Poughkeepsie

Northcountry+Central NY+Capital Region:
Albany
Saratoga
Adirondack
Oneida
Syracuse
Ithaca-Binghamton

Western New York:
Rochester
Corning
Niagara
Buffalo
Erie

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Philadelphia:
Philadelphia East
Philadelphia North
Philadelphia South

SEPA outside of Philly:
Levittown
Franconia
Montgomery South
Delaware-Darby
Chester

N of SEPA, E of Susquehanna:
Lancaster
Reading
Lehigh
Harrisburg
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Williamsport

W of Susquehanna:
York
Susquehanna
State College-Punxsutawney
Johnstown-Altoona
Erie

SW PA:
Pittsburgh North
Pittsburgh South
Allegheny
Westmoreland
New Castle

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Southern Jersey:
Atlantic City
Vineland
Camden
Toms River
Willingboro

Central Jersey:
Trenton
Monmouth
Middlesex West
Middlesex East
Union-Elizabeth

Northern Jersey:
Kittatinny
Morris
Passaic
Bergen North
Bergen South
Jersey City
Newark
Essex North

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Wilmington
New Castle North
New Castle South-Dover
Lewes

[DC Al Fine]

The Thumb is an awesome district name.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Metro Baltimore and Eastern Shore:
Eastern Shore
Edgewood
Towson-Carroll
Columbia
Baltimore North
Baltimore South

DC burbs and Panhandle:
Allegany-Frederick
Montgomery North-Rockville
Montgomery South
College Park
Annapolis
St. Mary's

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Wheeling
Charleston
Beckley
Potomac-Elkins

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

That is a terrible way to draw West Virginia into 4 Districts.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Coastal Plain:
Pamlico
Greenville
Wilmington-Jacksonville
Lumberton
Smithfield

Piedmont:
Durham
Raleigh North
Raleigh South
Fayetteville
Chapel Hill
Asheboro

Triad and Charlotte:
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Statesville-Norman
Concord
Mecklenburg North
Mecklenburg South

Western Mountains:
Gastonia
Asheville
Boone