🚨BREAKING: A Missouri judge ruled that voters cannot use the referendum process to challenge the state's congressional map — a win for Republicans in their yearlong fight to keep a pro-GOP gerrymander in place for midterms.
An appeal is expected to move quickly. https://demdock.com/4cs16j6
i’m a bit biased because i live here, but north carolina. there are so many different ways to do the state that still come out in a fair manner. it has good sized cities that arent super close together, which makes nice looking districts. some honorable mentions include; georgia (i love the fact that cobb and dekalb counties are the PERFECT size for a district, its so satisfying.) i also enjoy doing pennsylvania, and virginia.
my pick has to be florida. a ton of people, all very spread out, horrifically shaped precincts, etc. the whole state is shaped very weirdly so it makes it hard to make aesthetically pleasing looking compact maps. some precincts have like 30k people since the state is growing so quickly the maps cant keep up. honorable mentions for me have to be new york and louisiana, new york because nyc by itself is a huge pain to do correctly, and louisiana because blue portions are spread in such a distinct manner that it never really looks very good, and if it does it sure as hell aint fair.
| County | Electoral Votes (Total Population 2020) |
|---|---|
| Bergen County | 55 |
| Essex County | 50 |
| Middlesex County | 50 |
| Hudson County | 42 |
| Monmouth County | 37 |
| Ocean County | 37 |
| Union County | 33 |
| Passaic County | 31 |
| Camden County | 30 |
| Morris County | 30 |
| Burlington County | 27 |
| Mercer County | 22 |
| Somerset County | 20 |
| Gloucester County | 18 |
| Atlantic County | 16 |
| Cumberland County | 9 |
| Sussex County | 8 |
| Hunterdon County | 7 |
| Warren County | 6 |
| Cape May County | 6 |
| Salem County | 4 |
Mountain + Plains West at 100K per district. I tried to use the most recent or accurate data where possible. Linked below with expected metrics vs Dave's expectation for the data set. Let me know what you think
This map packs the very true blue areas of Portland, as well as the socialist-heavy Portland proper. It may be a dummymander considering that there are four competitive red seats that might flip blue in a year like 2006. In a regular year, though, Republicans might ride on Christine Drazan’s coattails and capture all four competitive districts.
Map: https://davesredistricting.org/join/5678c0fc-87ae-485f-95c9-fa48df4e04dd
Another state that shouldn’t go unmentioned in my Project GOP mapping project is Minnesota. Minnesota isn’t too blue, and Democratic political geography isn’t too great, so that is basically ripe for a GOP gerrymander. All but one Democrat are protected under this map. The only Democrat targeted under this map is Ilhan Omar, who is a controversial figure in Democratic politics.
Map: https://davesredistricting.org/join/b3dabbb1-8c53-4e9f-86d3-d9431bd35f56
Hi Everyone,
This is Dave from Dave's Redistricting. I've joined (representing DRA) and will share updates and read your feedback here. We've been on Twitter/X for a long time, and also Facebook and BlueSky.
We just released an update that includes some MapView changes based on user feedback.
- Shrank width of each Details panel by almost 14%
- Added 3rd Details panel on left side. Open from ">" on the Left Bar
- Increased space around the Lock icons in Districts panel
- Increased visible rows in Datasets dialog
Hope this helps you! 😎
Thanks!
I tried to do this map using a communities of interest approach.
- Trying to keep beach communities as one district,
- Tallahassee and Gainesville being a college-town district
- Jacksonville having its own district
- Keeping rural and urban divided as much as possible.
Unfortunately I had to make some considerations due to population density for Tampa, and Miami. I tried to stick as closely as possibly to my methodology though.
With Composite 2020-2024, it’s estimated 9.20 Democratic seats. Using President 2020, it’s 12.92 Democratic seats.
Let me know how I did! This is my first map so be kind :)
Link to map: https://davesredistricting.org/join/31d98683-4733-44a2-bf7e-5577b4cb6f75
Hi Everyone,
This is Dave from Dave's Redistricting. I want to share that we just released an update that includes some Map View changes based on user feedback.
- Shrank width of each Details panel by almost 14%
- Added 3rd Details panel on left side. Open from the arrow on the Left Bar.
- Increased space around the Lock icons in Districts panel.
- Increased visible rows in Datasets dialog.
Hope this helps you! 😎
Arizona’s current map is 4R-2CR-3D. Both of the districts that went for Biden in 2020 and Trump in 2024 are held by Republicans.
This time, I decided to make it 7R-2D. None of the districts are less than R+10.00 in 2024.
Map: https://davesredistricting.org/join/bb6ef5c2-6f9e-4892-a202-c64c3a9952db
https://davesredistricting.org/join/06eff2f1-6c8b-448f-8d05-f6746caec8c8
I noticed a lack of maps made for 2008 so I made one for fun with 2000s districts
This was a bit tricker than redrawing New York, especially South Carolina, due the high racial polarization in the south. But ultimately I came to the conclusion to split Columbia in order to create a second lean - solid D seat with 40% Black VAP. Even in a wave year that still only gives Dems around 40% of the states delegation? Comparable to what Biden won statewide in 2020. So I feel as though the decision toad justified.
North Carolina: https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::02782e01-221b-4149-ba9c-8fc97cc32ef5
South Carolina: https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::5158ba34-8300-40e1-ade4-022e8ba7abd2
President 2024 Margins:
District 1: D+21.22 (Safe)
District 2: R+8.03 (Likely)
District 3: D+14.82 (Likely)
District 4: R+15.38 (Safe)
District 5: R+1.71 (Lean)
District 6: R+16.72 (Safe)
District 7: R+12.37 (Likely)
District 8: D+33.55 (Safe)
District 9: D+7.75 (Likely)
District 10: D+45.12 (Safe)
District 11: D+17.14 (Safe)
District 12: D+6.69 (Likely)
All Districts were drawn to try and make it more representative of the state's lean (arguable that i failed given Abigail Spanberger's margin of victory not flipping a seat), what i did not do was looking at demographics to make sure there is also proportional representation of minorities.
Link: https://davesredistricting.org/join/35364cbf-1c6b-4d1e-8342-31ace9966c16
