Minnesota Democratic Gerrymander, 2020
This is a purely hypothetical scenario. While we just finished 2010 redistricting, it’s never too early to think ahead based on current trends to how things might look in 2020. This diary makes guesses...
View ArticleNorthern Inter-Mountain West, 2020
This diary is part of a series where I guestimate how congressional reapportionment will change in 2020 based on current trends. Obviously this is very hypothetical. The first diary was a democratic...
View Article2020 Fantasy Redistricting: OH, WV, NE
This diary is part of a series where I guestimate how congressional reapportionment will change in 2020 based on current trends. Obviously this is very hypothetical. The first diary was a democratic...
View ArticleWith Trifecta in place, 2013 CO Dem Gerrymander
With the 2012 election over, many people have noticed that the Democrats picked up some key legislative chambers. Minnesota, Colorado, Oregon, and New York (possible) now all have Democratic...
View ArticleWith Trifecta in Place, 2013 Minnesota Democratic Gerrymander
With the 2012 election over, many people have noticed that the Democrats picked up some key legislative chambers. Minnesota, Colorado, Oregon, and New York (possible) now all have Democratic...
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South Carolina Dem Gerrymander without VRA
This is clearly a hypothetical for two reasons: 1) the VRA mandates a majority black district, which this map does not have, and a Democratic gerrymander requires the trifecta, which also won’t happen...
View ArticleNew Mexico and Nevada Democratic Gerrymanders
There was no reason for me to do this since neither state will re-gerrymander until 2021 and both states have Democratic legislatures and Republican governors. However, I feel fairly confident that...
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Missouri Democratic Gerrymander
With Missouri turning increasingly red, this is not going to happen, even in 2020. It used to be that portions of rural southeast and northern Missouri were Democratic enough that we could count on...
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Republican Gerrymander of Massachusetts
Since we're a left-leaning website, there's a tendency to do Democratic gerrymanders even in hypothtical and not-going-to-happen-anytime-soon situations. This diary takes a different approach; a...
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Minnesota Republican Gerrymander
The Republicans surprisingly won the state legislature in 2010 although they unsurprisingly lost the governors race. Let’s say they had gotten the trifecta in 2010…what could they have done? Plenty....
View ArticleWashington State Gerrymanders
Washington State has a bipartisan commission that draws the congressional districts every 10 years. In 2011 they drew a 6-4 map, which is pretty fair since the Dem presidential candidate wins 55-60% of...
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Democratic Florida w/o VRA
Recently the Supreme Court declared sections of the voting rights act unconstitutional. This has rightly put Democrats up in arms about how the VRA protects minority voting rights in areas of the...
View ArticleTwo Virginia Maps-Dem Gerrymander and Court COI Map
With all of the exciting stuff coming out of Virginia, I thought it might be cool to do two Virginia maps that might exist after 2020. By 2020, taking migration into account, I would say the odds are...
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Minnesota Unrealistic 8-0 Dem Map
Minnesota has two very blue cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul. The cities are surrounded by inner-ring suburbs that are not quite as blue but very much lean Democratic (60%+ Obama in 2008). However,...
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