Thoughts on this CO redraw for 2030?

[Spectator]

The new CO-8 is Biden +0.5%. CO-4 was unexpectedly a lot closer, but with a redraw you could swap out areas of CO-7 to make it redder. CO-3 goes back to basically how it was last decade.

I think the next blue wave will see CO-03 and CO-05 flip.

[patzer]

That 2nd district looks rather ugly

[Skill and Chance]

That 2nd district looks rather ugly

I know some of it is forced by the awkward boundaries of Denver extending to the airport, but this all looks extremely ugly for a state with a comission.

[Tintrlvr]

Putting Englewood with the eastern plains is... a decision. The tri-chop of Douglas County seems like not something a commission would do without a reason, either, which there doesn't seem to be here.

[jamestroll]

I know the roaring fork valley was split in the 2000s, but now adays people in that area prefer to be kept together. That is part of the reason of the weird Eagle County split in the current map.

People in that portion of Eagle County identify more with Pitkin County and Glenwood Springs than the rest of Eagle County.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I propose this as an alternative.

This map remedies several issues that the posted map above has.
1) the Roaring Fork Valley is kept whole.
2) Englewood is now in a separate seat from the High Plains.
3) CO-02 is now very compact.

Each district either has a strong CoI or exists for sake of another seat having one.
CO-01 has many very Latino areas and also unifies the most black parts of the state. 1 in 6 people in the district are black Coloradoans and it has over a third of all of them in the state overall.
CO-02 is centered on the urban corridor running from Greeley to Fort Collins, while taking in 40% of Boulder County.
CO-03 takes in the city of Boulder itself, which does not match perfectly to any part of the state, with most of the state's ski belt. It also pretty much unifies the Colorado Plateau.
CO-04 is a leftovers seat, taking areas that CO-01 could not take, thus helping the non-white CoI of that seat. It also takes in the Great Plains, which were left over from other seats.
CO-05 is a Latino interest seat, but also takes in the core of Colorado Springs and all of Pueblo. It achieves a Latino % of almost 30%.
CO-06 takes in areas on both sides of US Route 85, a key thoroughfare in the central parts (from east to west) within the Denver MSA. It also largely hews to municipal lines and respcts the borders of Littleton, Lakewood, etc.
CO-07 is something of a leftovers seat, much like CO-04, but it does respect the mountain CoI and indirectly help keep other governmental units on the map whole (such as Douglas County).
CO-08 has a quite a bit of Jefferson County, all of Broomfield, and the western parts of Adams, which are more closely connected to Arvada and Westminster than Aurora. It takes on rural Weld County to reach quota.

[Tintrlvr]

I propose this as an alternative.

This map remedies several issues that the posted map above has.
1) the Roaring Fork Valley is kept whole.
2) Englewood is now in a separate seat from the High Plains.
3) CO-02 is now very compact.

Each district either has a strong CoI or exists for sake of another seat having one.
CO-01 has many very Latino areas and also unifies the most black parts of the state. 1 in 6 people in the district are black Coloradoans and it has over a third of all of them in the state overall.
CO-02 is centered on the urban corridor running from Greeley to Fort Collins, while taking in 40% of Boulder County.
CO-03 takes in the city of Boulder itself, which does not match perfectly to any part of the state, with most of the state's ski belt. It also pretty much unifies the Colorado Plateau.
CO-04 is a leftovers seat, taking areas that CO-01 could not take, thus helping the non-white CoI of that seat. It also takes in the Great Plains, which were left over from other seats.
CO-05 is a Latino interest seat, but also takes in the core of Colorado Springs and all of Pueblo. It achieves a Latino % of almost 30%.
CO-06 takes in areas on both sides of US Route 85, a key thoroughfare in the central parts (from east to west) within the Denver MSA. It also largely hews to municipal lines and respcts the borders of Littleton, Lakewood, etc.
CO-07 is something of a leftovers seat, much like CO-04, but it does respect the mountain CoI and indirectly help keep other governmental units on the map whole (such as Douglas County).
CO-08 has a quite a bit of Jefferson County, all of Broomfield, and the western parts of Adams, which are more closely connected to Arvada and Westminster than Aurora. It takes on rural Weld County to reach quota.

Honestly bravo. This is a hilarious write-up.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I propose this as an alternative.

This map remedies several issues that the posted map above has.
1) the Roaring Fork Valley is kept whole.
2) Englewood is now in a separate seat from the High Plains.
3) CO-02 is now very compact.

Each district either has a strong CoI or exists for sake of another seat having one.
CO-01 has many very Latino areas and also unifies the most black parts of the state. 1 in 6 people in the district are black Coloradoans and it has over a third of all of them in the state overall.
CO-02 is centered on the urban corridor running from Greeley to Fort Collins, while taking in 40% of Boulder County.
CO-03 takes in the city of Boulder itself, which does not match perfectly to any part of the state, with most of the state's ski belt. It also pretty much unifies the Colorado Plateau.
CO-04 is a leftovers seat, taking areas that CO-01 could not take, thus helping the non-white CoI of that seat. It also takes in the Great Plains, which were left over from other seats.
CO-05 is a Latino interest seat, but also takes in the core of Colorado Springs and all of Pueblo. It achieves a Latino % of almost 30%.
CO-06 takes in areas on both sides of US Route 85, a key thoroughfare in the central parts (from east to west) within the Denver MSA. It also largely hews to municipal lines and respcts the borders of Littleton, Lakewood, etc.
CO-07 is something of a leftovers seat, much like CO-04, but it does respect the mountain CoI and indirectly help keep other governmental units on the map whole (such as Douglas County).
CO-08 has a quite a bit of Jefferson County, all of Broomfield, and the western parts of Adams, which are more closely connected to Arvada and Westminster than Aurora. It takes on rural Weld County to reach quota.

Honestly bravo. This is a hilarious write-up.

Thanks.
Here is the map link.
https://davesredistricting.org/join/d2a646a6-960d-47a9-8c1c-63eb331ed14b