Misleading Congressional Districts

[Republican Party Stalwart]

This CD voted for Biden by 4.

...Pain.

(By the way, did you include the western fringe of Vermont, including much of Burlington and urban Chittenden County, on purpose?)

[ProgressiveModerate]

This CD voted for Biden by 4.

...Pain.

(By the way, did you include the western fringe of Vermont, including much of Burlington and urban Chittenden County, on purpose?)

Ye lol that's what makes it blue leaning.

[patzer]

This CD voted for Biden by 4.

...Pain.

(By the way, did you include the western fringe of Vermont, including much of Burlington and urban Chittenden County, on purpose?)

Ye lol that's what makes it blue leaning.

To be fair including part of Vermont isn't necessary. This is Biden+2

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

This CD voted for Biden by 4.

...Pain.

(By the way, did you include the western fringe of Vermont, including much of Burlington and urban Chittenden County, on purpose?)

Ye lol that's what makes it blue leaning.

How did you draw a district over two states?

[Republican Party Stalwart]

This CD voted for Biden by 4.

...Pain.

(By the way, did you include the western fringe of Vermont, including much of Burlington and urban Chittenden County, on purpose?)

Ye lol that's what makes it blue leaning.

To be fair including part of Vermont isn't necessary. This is Biden+2

Although your version compensates by dipping into metro Albany and shaving off some of the rural Upstate portion

[Atlas Force]

This CD voted for Biden by 4.

...Pain.

(By the way, did you include the western fringe of Vermont, including much of Burlington and urban Chittenden County, on purpose?)

Ye lol that's what makes it blue leaning.

How did you draw a district over two states?

It’s a feature in Redistricter

[Schiff for Senate]

This CD voted for Biden by 4.

...Pain.

(By the way, did you include the western fringe of Vermont, including much of Burlington and urban Chittenden County, on purpose?)

Ye lol that's what makes it blue leaning.

And I was busy wondering how one could turn Elise Stefanik's district blue while still keeping it compact!!

Like I drew a Biden+8.5 district in that area, but it takes on quite a different shape, and that's what I dislike about it:

https://davesredistricting.org/join/4a390892-39f4-4360-b754-1fecab61f874

How do you draw interstate districts, btw? Is that DRA or some other platform?
EDIT: Nvm I read the thread and got my answer.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Trump district on 2020 Pres numbers.

[ProgressiveModerate]

It's pretty easy to draw a 3D(I)-1R map on 2022 Sen numbers! Here, the 3 McMullin seats voted for Trump; district 4 by 12 points!

This gerrymander isn't even fully optimized, you could prolly get the 3 McMullin districts to around 3-4 point wins each if you rlly tried. On the map above, they are 0, 1, and 2 point wins.

[ProgressiveModerate]

This district voted R for Pres in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, but getting bluer every cycle. Was McCain + 13 in 2008 to Trump + 0 in 2020.



Also a Biden + 6 majority black district that doesn't touch Baton Rouge or New Orleans.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

It's pretty easy to draw a 3D(I)-1R map on 2022 Sen numbers! Here, the 3 McMullin seats voted for Trump; district 4 by 12 points!

This gerrymander isn't even fully optimized, you could prolly get the 3 McMullin districts to around 3-4 point wins each if you rlly tried. On the map above, they are 0, 1, and 2 point wins.

Nice work.

[patzer]

This is Colorado's 4th congressional district which exists in reality. It voted for Donald Trump by 19 points in 2020.



Let's shift the borders slightly. On these borders, it voted for Joe Biden by six points in 2020.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Biden margin:

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+35.8

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

[ProgressiveModerate]

Here's a fun one; a variant of Gimenez seat that voted for Biden by 6% in 2020. Clinton + 24 though lol.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Basically this thread is about drawing districts that are misleading in some way. I'll start:





These 2 districts map look simillar, or even identical, but one is Biden + 14 and the other is Trump + 23.

How??? I see absolutely nothing to explain a 37 point difference, even in Baton Rouge they appear to take in similar areas (although I suppose closer scrutiny would be much more revealing - but still...a 37 point shift is insane).

I believe the 2nd takes in Livingston Parish, which if you want some context on how far-right it is, gave David Duke over 60% in 1990 and 1991. Even in 2016 he got 6.1% there, double his statewide percentage.

[Schiff for Senate]

Basically this thread is about drawing districts that are misleading in some way. I'll start:





These 2 districts map look simillar, or even identical, but one is Biden + 14 and the other is Trump + 23.

How??? I see absolutely nothing to explain a 37 point difference, even in Baton Rouge they appear to take in similar areas (although I suppose closer scrutiny would be much more revealing - but still...a 37 point shift is insane).

I believe the 2nd takes in Livingston Parish, which if you want some context on how far-right it is, gave David Duke over 60% in 1990 and 1991. Even in 2016 he got 6.1% there, double his statewide percentage.

I was baffled looking at the numbers that although it was apparently devastated by Katrina, its population grew a full 30% between 2000 and 2010. Ig displaced residents of even harder-hit areas came here?

Not shocking tbh. The part of Wayne that borders Oakland is near-monolithically Democratic.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Basically this thread is about drawing districts that are misleading in some way. I'll start:





These 2 districts map look simillar, or even identical, but one is Biden + 14 and the other is Trump + 23.

How??? I see absolutely nothing to explain a 37 point difference, even in Baton Rouge they appear to take in similar areas (although I suppose closer scrutiny would be much more revealing - but still...a 37 point shift is insane).

I believe the 2nd takes in Livingston Parish, which if you want some context on how far-right it is, gave David Duke over 60% in 1990 and 1991. Even in 2016 he got 6.1% there, double his statewide percentage.

I was baffled looking at the numbers that although it was apparently devastated by Katrina, its population grew a full 30% between 2000 and 2010. Ig displaced residents of even harder-hit areas came here?

Not shocking tbh. The part of Wayne that borders Oakland is near-monolithically Democratic.

Well, I did design that to ensure as little land area actually changed hands.

[ProgressiveModerate]

All these districts swung left from 2008 Pres to 2020 Pres. Sort of dispells the narrative of the black belt shifting right lol.

[patzer]

Here's quite a counterintuitive Oregon map so I'm actually going to spoiler the partisanship of the districts in case anyone wants to guess first! Have a guess at the partisanship of each district in the 2020 presidential election. Answer is in the spoiler below the map.

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3rd is Biden+58, 1st is Biden+40. Those are obvious.

Next is the 4th at Biden+11. Eugene and Bend carry it despite the inclusion of red areas from the south.

Next is the 6th which, for fun, I drew such that Biden and Trump had exactly the same number of votes as each other. Biden/Trump+0.0

Next is the 2nd; you might assume it went for Biden with the inclusion of so much of Portland. Nope, Trump+7.

Finally, the 5th is Trump+13.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Eastern MT seat that voted for Biden in 2020.

[ProgressiveModerate]

This district voted for Biden in 2020:



Then voted for Beto by more despite this swing map:



Downtown Austin is an absolute beast when it comes to netting Dem votes.

[Atlas Force]

A rural-looking district nested entirely in San Bernardino County...that voted for Biden (by exactly 63 votes, but still)

[Schiff for Senate]

A rural-looking district nested entirely in San Bernardino County...that voted for Biden (by exactly 63 votes, but still)

Eh. Strong NV-04 vibes.

[Schiff for Senate]

Here's quite a counterintuitive Oregon map so I'm actually going to spoiler the partisanship of the districts in case anyone wants to guess first! Have a guess at the partisanship of each district in the 2020 presidential election. Answer is in the spoiler below the map.

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3rd is Biden+58, 1st is Biden+40. Those are obvious.

Next is the 4th at Biden+11. Eugene and Bend carry it despite the inclusion of red areas from the south.

Next is the 6th which, for fun, I drew such that Biden and Trump had exactly the same number of votes as each other. Biden/Trump+0.0

Next is the 2nd; you might assume it went for Biden with the inclusion of so much of Portland. Nope, Trump+7.

Finally, the 5th is Trump+13.

The 2nd was some double-reverse-psychology type shi.