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To: SMGFan

Have fun if inclined

The Atlas Of Redistricting

There’s a lot of complaining about gerrymandering, but what should districts look like? We went back to the drawing board and drew a set of alternative congressional maps for the entire country. Each map has a different goal:
One is designed to encourage competitive elections, for example, and another to maximize the number of majority-minority districts. See how changes to district boundaries could radically alter the partisan and racial makeup of the U.S. House — without a single voter moving or switching parties.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps/


2 posted on 01/25/2018 4:10:31 PM PST by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan

Fascinating link. The current makeup of the house is, IOW, more closely aligned to the compact efficiently drawn model than almost any other.


4 posted on 01/25/2018 4:26:14 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: SMGFan

I looked at my state, IN, and nothing changes.

the far northwest, and Indy stay Democrat, like they have always been.

And few wild cutouts, like the last time the Democrats tried to gerrymander the districts.

They wanted to use 50 miles of highway right-of-way to connect the black part of Kokomo to South Bend


5 posted on 01/25/2018 4:27:55 PM PST by digger48
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To: SMGFan

Great link. Thanks.


11 posted on 01/25/2018 5:19:25 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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