Posted on 11/07/2025 8:45:00 AM PST by bitt
FWIW -
Hate on the sponsors of the site if you want, but there’s a pretty good tool where you can attempt to draw your own maps here: https://districtr.org/
It’s a bit wonky to use, but you can quickly see the problem...
Districts MUST be contiguous. Within a state apportionment, districts MUST be roughly equal in population.
MA is impossible. CT is nearly impossible. Maine? The lines are about as good they’re gonna get (and with Golden not running? The GOP should pick up a seat). NH? Unless you want to give up totally on one of the two seats, you can draw a really squiggly 3/4 donut to max your chances in one (and totally give up the other) but the current split makes both seats competitive.
Reality is reality.
My formula:
Equal numbers of people included in districts composed of the smallest possible perimeters. This is a completely mathematical solution and likely to produce districts consisting of voters of similar cultural backgrounds and concerns.
In general they need to follow census blocks, which in general are not quadrilateral.
You are on to something though.
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