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

I had heard FL has an independent commission as well.

Pinellas (St. Pete) has lost 0.16 of a seat, mitigated by Pasco (northern exurbs) gaining 0.12 and Hillsborough (Tampa) gaining 0.11. Otherwise Lee (Ft. Myers) gains 0.13, Orange 0.12, Osceola 0.11, Lake 0.11...

CD 5 (including parts of Lake and Pasco) had over 300K votes....that one will shed constituents one way or another...not sure what the commission’s guidelines are, or whether they’re inclined to follow them...


57 posted on 11/23/2010 7:29:31 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: griswold3; afraidfortherepublic; MSF BU; centurion316; zendari; The Political genius

South Carolina:
Greenville +0.13 of a seat, Horry (Myrtle Beach) +0.11,
York (Rock Hill - I want to say that’s exurban Charlotte) +0.10, Richland (Columbia) + 0.09, and Charleston +0.08.

So the new seat could be anywhere. The largest vote totals were in the 2nd district (Joe Wilson) which stretches from Columbia southeast to Port Royal and Beaufort. This was a rather salient race with the opposing candidate well funded as I recall, so it’s not necessarily the district with the highest population growth. Several counties in the district voted straight Democrat (US House, Governor, and US Senate).

Currently the R’s lead the delegation 5-1. I don’t think it’s possible to draw 6 safe R seats — no better than 5-1 and a tossup.


58 posted on 11/23/2010 7:54:07 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

The FL 8th (Alan Grayson to Daniel Webster) is a Gerrymandered district. It won’t exist in its current form.


59 posted on 11/23/2010 7:56:14 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: scrabblehack

Florida has rules that require county continuity ‘wherever possible’. There is no commission though, the districts are still drawn by legislatures. The state probably goes R+1/D+1, and Allen West loses his district.


62 posted on 11/23/2010 9:55:25 PM PST by zendari
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