Jumping the gun on redistricting

[platypeanArchcow]

While the census is not officially closed, it is unlikely that anyone else will join before today ends.  Therefore, here are the results:

AZ - 1
Vincent AFIP AZ

CA - 7
PlatypeanArchcow UL CA
John D. Ford UAC CA
John F. Kennedy UAC CA
Lunar I CA
WildCard UAC CA
Brambila I CA
TheKing2004 UAC CA

CT - 1
Dazzleman R CT

DC-1
Michael Z UL DC

FL-1
StatesRights SRP FL

GA-1
GWBFan I GA

IA-3
Hughento AFIP IA
PBrunsel R IA
Lcswoosh I IA

ID-1
Mr. Fresh R ID

IL-1
DemRepDan AFIP IL

KY-1
Bandit73 I KY

MA-4
Blerpiez UL MA
Gore for President D MA
Lidaker UL MA
Migrendel UL MA

MD-2
Beet UAC MD
NickG UL MD

ME-2
Siege40 UL ME
Kevinstat D ME

MI-2
Nym90 AFIP MI
9Iron R MI

MN-4
Better Red Than Dead UL MN
Fritz D MN
Gustaf UAC MN
ILikeVerin AFIP MN

MS-2
Harry AFIP MS
Matt R MS

NC-2
Kodratos R NC
Nclib D NC

NH-3
Justin UAC NH
NHPoltiico R NH
Zachman D NH

NJ-2
MAS117 UAC NJ
Richard M. Nixon R NJ

NM-1
WMS UAC NM

NY-7
.Andrew UAC NY
Boss Tweed R NY
Defarge D NY
Huckleberry Finn UAC NY
KEmperor UAC NY
Nation UAC NY
Smash255 D NY

OH-2
Rococo4 R OH
Sheliak5 D OH

OR-2
khirkhib UL OR
Lewis Trondheim UL OR

PA-6
Bergie72 UAC PA
Bullmoose88 UAC PA
Handzus26 AFIP PA
supersoulty UAC PA
Keystone Phil R PA
Free Market Capitalist R PA

RI-1
Jens UL RI

SC-1
Ernest MDP SC

TN-1
htmldon UAC TN

TX-4
Carey D TX
M at Brandeis UAC TX
Josh22 R TX
Reaganfan UAC TX

VA-3
Ben UAC VA
Liberty I VA
MHS2002 R VA

VT-1
Umengus D VT

WA-1
Stevennick R WA
Jesus JCP WA

WI-2
Beef I WI
Texasgurl UL WI

WV-1
Al ILP WV

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75 people

Here is a possible redistricting map:



District 1 has 16 people, 2-4 have 15 people, district 5 has 14.  The map can be made slightly prettier and less balanced by giving West Virginia to District 3 or 4.

[Inmate Trump]

Looks okay I guess.  I don't think the UAC should be redistricting everything now that they're in power though.  Also (and this is not a big deal), I'm not UAC anymore--I'm independent.

[The Dowager Mod]

Has Beef been around recently?

[JohnFKennedy]

Looks okay I guess.  I don't think the UAC should be redistricting everything now that they're in power though.  Also (and this is not a big deal), I'm not UAC anymore--I'm independent.

Eh? The UAC aren't redistricting. The Governors are. The fact they are predominantly UAC'ers is irrelevant.

[platypeanArchcow]

Has Beef been around recently?

I took Josh's list and added the people who came since then.

[JohnFKennedy]

Has Beef been around recently?

Beef voted and was thus counted.

[Inmate Trump]

Looks okay I guess.  I don't think the UAC should be redistricting everything now that they're in power though.  Also (and this is not a big deal), I'm not UAC anymore--I'm independent.

Eh? The UAC aren't redistricting. The Governors are. The fact they are predominantly UAC'ers is irrelevant.

How is it irrelevant?  In the real world, the two parties cry foul when one party in power redistricts.  Same thing here.

[ilikeverin]

Here is a possible redistricting map:

I'd accept that!

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

It also meets my criteria

[ilikeverin]

The Manifest Destiny Party would like to propose the following map:

It has the following features:
1) No incumbent is forced into a election with another incumbent.
2) The First District is contained within a single region.
3) The Fifth District is the same as the Pacific Region.
4) The South Eastern Region is contained within a single region.

I'd accept this.

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This looks just plain weird... unlike those Southerners I could care less about if my region is contained in a district.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Here is a possible redistricting map:

I'd accept that!

This plan looks OK to me.  I'd prefer to keep New England together if possible, but it's not necessary.

[platypeanArchcow]

The Manifest Destiny Party would like to propose the following map:

It has the following features:
1) No incumbent is forced into a election with another incumbent.
2) The First District is contained within a single region.
3) The Fifth District is the same as the Pacific Region.
4) The South Eastern Region is contained within a single region.

This second map contains all of the above features, plus the Mid-Western Region is contained in a single district, but I suspect that Governor htmldon won't like it as much as he likes the MDP Plan 1.



In both Plans, Districts 1, 2, and 3 have 16 people and Districts 4 and 5 have 13 people.

My map has features 1 and 4, and I don't see the importance of 2 and 3.  Also, my map has more equitable population distributions.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

A variant on my old map based on the new census results:

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Well, here we go again:

Two plans, both of which do not force existing senators into facing each other, altho one of them takes advantage of texasgurl's resignation to do it.

Plan A:

Plan A has between 14 and 16 people per district.  District 5 is probably the optimum if you want to keep the entire Pacific Coast in one district, but to get such a district have 15 people, you would need to snake it eastwards to absorb either Illinois, Kentucky, or Tennessee, and once you decide to gerrymander to get exactly 15 people in each district , you can get more interesting disticts by splitting the northwest and the southwest.

Plan B:


Plan B has equal populations.but the strange boundaries will probably cause a number of governors to reject it.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Plan A looks good to me as well.

[platypeanArchcow]

Because it's exactly the same as mine.

[Nation]

I like NickG's so far.

[Umengus]

UAC: 20
R: 15
UL: 12
D: 10
I: 8
AFIP: 6
ICP: 1
JCP: 1
SRP: 1
MDP: 1

[minionofmidas]

Because it's exactly the same as mine.

No it's not.
Your plan has ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NJ, DE, MD, and DC in District 1 and VT, NY, PA, and WV in District 2.
My plan has VT, NY, PA, and WV in District 1and ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NJ, DE, MD, and DC in District 2,.
So as anyone can plainly see, they are completely different.
(You have District 1 as being the northeasternmost district while I have District 1 as being the one that  contains the current District 1 Senators.)

Seriously tho, given the stated preferences of Governors htmldon and ilikeverin, the boundaries of district 5 pretty much have to be where they are.  Trying to keep the districts as balanced as possible also defines what will be the boundary between Districts 3 and 4.  However, I can come up with an alternate version of Districts 1 and 2 to produce Plan C:

West Virginia is in Green because it could be attached to any of the three surrounding districts and one of them would have 16 people and the other two would have 15.  Attaching it to district 2 would make the most sense, in my opinion.

That plan looks really strange.