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To: griswold3; afraidfortherepublic; MSF BU; centurion316; zendari; The Political genius

OH - Combine the Toledo/Cleveland/Youngstown seats from 5 down to 4, with 124K left over. The 14th has to use up 73K of that. The Cuyahoga portion of the 13th voted Republican.

OK - 4th (southwest) has to add almost 20K to the 2nd (east) and 3rd (northwest). It won’t cause Boren to lose.

OR - minor adjustments seem in order here among the 4 Dem seats.


113 posted on 04/15/2011 7:10:26 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: griswold3; afraidfortherepublic; MSF BU; centurion316; zendari; The Political genius

PA - This map http://www.locklin.org/ suggests that the 14th needs to grow to the Northeast.

Tim Murphy of the 18th then faces Jason Altmire of the 4th. He must then cede some territory to the 12th — part of Westmoreland or Washington. Another Republican isn’t likely to get 70% of the vote in Western Washington; I’d recommend Westmoreland. Some additional tinkering may be necessary to make it harder for Critz to hold the 12th.

The 17th will likely stretch up I-81 to Scranton, possibly as far south as Harrisburg.

SC: Clyburn’s district should be made as Democrat as possible. This means splitting Joe Wilson’s district, but that’s OK — Tim Scott’s will get Beaufort and even Colleton from Clyburn (he lost this county), then Myrtle Beach will form the nugget of the new district. Dems may still have a chance here. I don’t think it’s realistic to make two black majority seats.

TN: 9th (Memphis) has to grow by almost 100K; it’s already majority black. 8th (northwest) has to grow by almost 50K; 6th (exurban Nashville) and 7th (west central) have to shrink by 80K+. I don’t expect too many major changes.


114 posted on 04/15/2011 11:18:13 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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Toledo/Cleveland/Youngstown can actually be combined down from 5 to 3. Then you create a brand new CD in the city of Columbus.


117 posted on 04/16/2011 7:50:17 AM PDT by zendari
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