I’ve just uploaded a change that allows the application to use voting districts in addition to block groups, as the building blocks for drawing redistricting maps. This is a step toward getting partison data (specifically the 2008 presidential vote) into the app, because voting district partisan data is available for many states. That will require a bit more work, but will be coming soon.
I’ve added 6 new states, all using voting districts: Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi and Virginia. I added voting districts to the existing state Georgia, so it supports both. If you have saved DRFs, you’ll need to keep using block groups on those files.
Check it out at Daves Redistricting. Enjoy.
I can’t wait to try it out. I have a few questions: When should you have partisan data in at least one state and will you focus on California next? Thanks.
Thank you so much for your work on this.
Let me ask a question for clarity, the new states have only voting districts and not block groups, correct?
with the new states? The error says that “Unable to load all necessary data”
No but seriously, this app is awesome and you are awesome for creating it.
I love the addition of even more southern states!
would be the ability to highlight VTDs by demographic info (%black, hispanic) and eventually political data (%D, %R).
Beyond that, filling in current districts is still a very hit-or-miss affair, with some spaces being left blank for no apparent reason.
However, it should go without says (but I’ll say it anyway) that I’m very impressed with what you’ve done so far, and I can wait to see what you come up with in the future.
I concur with Dave’s awesomeness.
The absolute best improvement for me would be the ability to highlight plurality/majority African American/Hispanic districts to help with making VRA districts. Keep up the awesome work dave. I will totally help with any data stuff you ask the community for an assist on.