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RRH Redistricting Series, Part 8: A "Fair" Illinois
The title here is pretty self-explanatory. Currently, the Land of Lincoln, Reagan, and Obama has 19 districts that resulted from a fairly GOP-favorable 2002 incumbent protection plan. That plan was...
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RRH Redistricting Series, Part 11: Sorting Through the Florida Puzzle
I had originally intended to save this map for later on, in part because the redistricting process here will be affected by the pending Brown vs. State of Florida lawsuit. Yet there has been a lot of...
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RRH Redistricting Series, Part 12: More Fun In Wisconsin
It’s been a while since the last map, but with 2010 data now available in 49 states (what if I want to draw Alaska too, though?), it’s full speed ahead. Wisconsin is the obvious place to stop next on...
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Redistricting: Missouri House and Senate Override Nixon’s Veto
The Missouri House of Representatives has overridden the veto of Gov. Jay Nixon (D) on the proposed Congressional map, bringing this dramatic process one step closer to a close. Here’s the statewide...
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Missouri: How Carnahan Was Crunched
RRH readers know full well how contentious redistricting is, particularly in states with divided control of government, and even more so when the state is losing a district. Throw in ambitious...
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RRH Redistricting Series Part 15: Bishop or Barrow in Georgia?
Everyone seems to agree that Republicans in Georgia should draw a 10R-4D map, with three urban VRA seats in greater Atlanta and a 4th VRA seat in South Georgia. Most people–from the national pundits to...
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Rethinking Redistricting Part I: The Small States
Preface – I’ve really been interested in the idea of redistricting and what objective redistricting would look like. I did this using a manually done algorithm (if you know a math professor I could get...
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Rethinking Redistricting Part II: CA-FL-NC-AK
Preface: This is my second round of redistricting. SonoftheSouth has criticized my work for it splitting up metro areas in the small states though this is less of a factor in the bigger states. In any...
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Rethinking Redistricting Part III – OH, IL, MI, GA, VA, IN
in case you missed parts I and II: Rethinking Redistricting Part I: The Small States Rethinking Redistricting Part II: CA-FL-NC-AK Again I want to emphasize that the comments should be more about the...
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Rethinking Redistricting Part IV – The Big Small States
For those that missed parts I, II and III – the link can be found below (and the same rules apply). The states I’ll be doing now is the smallest of the large states – states that (except for Nebraska)...
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Rethinking Redistricting Part V: HI-NJ-PA-NY-TX
So to recap here are the first four installments of the series (this is the fifth and final) Rethinking Redistricting Part I: The Small States Rethinking Redistricting Part II: CA-FL-NC-AK Rethinking...
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Rethinking Redistricting Part II: CA-FL-NC-AK
Preface: This is my second round of redistricting. SonoftheSouth has criticized my work for it splitting up metro areas in the small states though this is less of a factor in the bigger states. In any...
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