| Well after much tweaking, I was finally able to play with the online redistricting tool made by Dave Bradlee of Dave's Redistricting.
This map was constructed on the assumption of New York losing two congressional districts. Personally I'm hoping for just one, but we'll see.
I will make three disclaimers before I show you this map. One is that I have no idea of the partisan breakdown for these districts. That data wasn't available in the redistricting tool.
Second is that I didn't bother getting into the weeds of redistricting downstate, just the 11 CDs covering the state north of Yonkers. Let the downstaters who know the area deal with that.
Third is what I took into consideration making the map--or rather, what I didn't. I didn't take into consideration where the incumbents live, what the partisan makeup is, or what balances would be useful to be struck. As the "throw a dart at the wall" comment implies, this map is based almost entirely on instinct and geography, trying to group by regions. And when that was impossible, mostly with cities, attempting to fairly and logically divide up the turf. It should be taken as a start for discussion.
With all that said, on to the goodies. |
