2020 RHODE ISLAND Congressional Redistricting

[Sestak]

Because apparently this is still a thing!

[Nyvin]

Biggest surprise of the day IMO

[Sol]

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[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

In this thread, every map is a NUT map.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Looks like meat’s back on the menu

[Non Swing Voter]

I wonder if the two Dem congressmen in RI high fived after finding out.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

I wonder if the two Dem congressmen in RI high fived after finding out.

Er uh probably not. Langevin is a quadriplegic

[Nyvin]

Literally my first ever RI map.





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Seems pretty natural one district gets Washington/Kent, other district get Newport/Bristol,   everything just seems to depend what happens to Providence county (which is ~60% of the state).

[Stuart98]

Fair map (which obviously won't happen)


Biden most certainly won this 2nd, probably by like 5 points.

[AGA]

Non-meme map:



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[OBD]

Literally my first ever RI map.





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Seems pretty natural one district gets Washington/Kent, other district get Newport/Bristol,   everything just seems to depend what happens to Providence county (which is ~60% of the state).

Think this double bunks the two incumbents.


https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::eb36b641-7476-4586-80c7-4aca13979a98

This is my solution. Shores up Langevin by drawing his district into Pawtucket. Also has the advantage of keeping Providence whole.

[Former President tack50]

My take on a non-partisan map; I do not like the elongated shape of the eastern district



The Providence dark blue district is Clinton+30, D+17
The "rest of the state" light blue district is Clinton+4, D+4

Downside to this map is having to split both Bristol county and Providence county though that can easily be fixed (for whatever reason I wanted the northern and western boundary of the Providence district to be the suburban ring road)

[MillennialModerate]

Of all the reapportionment news, this by far makes me most happy - that RI held on.

Rhode Island is basically Massachusetts. IMO should be a part of MA
(but would cost Dems 2 Senators so no thank you but in a perfect world where that could be offset I’d wish it to be so)

[BoiseBoy]

Fair map that only splits one municipality (Cranston) and has a population deviation of 1.



Clinton only won RI-02 here by less than 400 votes. Biden however carried it by a comfortable 7.8%. It could definitely be competitive however.

[I’m not Stu]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

[BoiseBoy]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

[I’m not Stu]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

There's road connectivity from Newport to Washington. Placing Newport in RI-02 makes the map more compact. The only parts of Providence County on my map in RI-02 are close to Warwick, resulting in Providence County becoming closer to whole, although still split. Isn't that good from a COI perspective?

[BoiseBoy]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

There's road connectivity from Newport to Washington. Placing Newport in RI-02 makes the map more compact. The only parts of Providence County on my map in RI-02 are close to Warwick, resulting in Providence County becoming closer to whole, although still split. Isn't that good from a COI perspective?

I don't know if compactness is a major factor for the legislature to consider. I think we can expect a least-change map that doesn't split Providence.

In terms of pairing Newport, the state senate and assembly maps do not pair any districts with Washington County. Multiple cross into Bristol.

[I’m not Stu]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

There's road connectivity from Newport to Washington. Placing Newport in RI-02 makes the map more compact. The only parts of Providence County on my map in RI-02 are close to Warwick, resulting in Providence County becoming closer to whole, although still split. Isn't that good from a COI perspective?

I don't know if compactness is a major factor for the legislature to consider. I think we can expect a least-change map that doesn't split Providence.

In terms of pairing Newport, the state senate and assembly maps do not pair any districts with Washington County. Multiple cross into Bristol.

Providence is already split. Only one Assembly district in Bristol crosses into Providence. Only one State Senate district crosses into Bristol. Is all of Providence going to be in RI-01 after redistricting?

[BoiseBoy]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

There's road connectivity from Newport to Washington. Placing Newport in RI-02 makes the map more compact. The only parts of Providence County on my map in RI-02 are close to Warwick, resulting in Providence County becoming closer to whole, although still split. Isn't that good from a COI perspective?

I don't know if compactness is a major factor for the legislature to consider. I think we can expect a least-change map that doesn't split Providence.

In terms of pairing Newport, the state senate and assembly maps do not pair any districts with Washington County. Multiple cross into Bristol.

Providence is already split. Is all of Providence going to be in RI-01 after redistricting?

I imagine so, but we'll know when we know.

[I’m not Stu]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

There's road connectivity from Newport to Washington. Placing Newport in RI-02 makes the map more compact. The only parts of Providence County on my map in RI-02 are close to Warwick, resulting in Providence County becoming closer to whole, although still split. Isn't that good from a COI perspective?

I don't know if compactness is a major factor for the legislature to consider. I think we can expect a least-change map that doesn't split Providence.

In terms of pairing Newport, the state senate and assembly maps do not pair any districts with Washington County. Multiple cross into Bristol.

Providence is already split. Is all of Providence going to be in RI-01 after redistricting?

I imagine so, but we'll know when we know.

Why do you think Providence won't be split anymore? Is that even possible on a least-change map?

[BoiseBoy]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

There's road connectivity from Newport to Washington. Placing Newport in RI-02 makes the map more compact. The only parts of Providence County on my map in RI-02 are close to Warwick, resulting in Providence County becoming closer to whole, although still split. Isn't that good from a COI perspective?

I don't know if compactness is a major factor for the legislature to consider. I think we can expect a least-change map that doesn't split Providence.

In terms of pairing Newport, the state senate and assembly maps do not pair any districts with Washington County. Multiple cross into Bristol.

Providence is already split. Is all of Providence going to be in RI-01 after redistricting?

I imagine so, but we'll know when we know.

Why do you think Providence won't be split anymore? Is that even possible on a least-change map?

Yes, see my map above. The only municipality split is Cranston.

[I’m not Stu]

This map only splits one municipality (Providence) and has a difference of only 15 residents in population between the two districts. Why do most maps have Newport County in RI-01 when it doesn't have land connectivity to the rest of the state? Placing Newport County in RI-02 makes RI-01 more compact and less elongated.

You can get from Newport to Bristol on the Mt. Hope Bridge, so there is major road connectivity at least. I most often pair it in RI-01 for fairness and competitiveness' sake, but that would make RI-02 less safe for Dems. I don't know which works better from a COI perspective.

There's road connectivity from Newport to Washington. Placing Newport in RI-02 makes the map more compact. The only parts of Providence County on my map in RI-02 are close to Warwick, resulting in Providence County becoming closer to whole, although still split. Isn't that good from a COI perspective?

I don't know if compactness is a major factor for the legislature to consider. I think we can expect a least-change map that doesn't split Providence.

In terms of pairing Newport, the state senate and assembly maps do not pair any districts with Washington County. Multiple cross into Bristol.

Providence is already split. Is all of Providence going to be in RI-01 after redistricting?

I imagine so, but we'll know when we know.

Why do you think Providence won't be split anymore? Is that even possible on a least-change map?

Yes, see my map above. The only municipality split is Cranston.

I thought it was better to split larger communities if necessary while keeping smaller ones whole. Langevin could also be vulnerable under that map.

[Sorenroy]

Fair map that only splits one municipality (Cranston) and has a population deviation of 1.

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Clinton only won RI-02 here by less than 400 votes. Biden however carried it by a comfortable 7.8%. It could definitely be competitive however.

I don't know if I would describe either of these maps as "fair," but I tried my hand at making a set of Republican gerrymanders.

This first one splits only Cranston as well and is fully road contiguous. This map trades your perfect population deviation for a deviation of seven, but shifts the district to R+0.3, with Trump winning by 1% in 2016 and losing by 6% in 2020.



This second map splits no municipalities with the same 1% Trump win in 2016 and 6% Biden win in 2020, and even increases the PVI slightly to R+0.35. However, the population deviation does jump to 777.



It's also possible to make a relatively Republican district without splitting municipalities by trading East Greenwich and North Providence for Narragansett, New Shoreham, and South Kingstown. This lowers the population deviation to 329, but makes the district D+0.4, with Clinton winning by 620 votes in 2016 and Biden winning by over 7% in 2020.

[I’m not Stu]

What would be considered a fair map?