First of all, this is my first diary and my first redistricting so be gentle! Also, there is one small error in the bigger pictures, however it is fixed in the zoom ones.
I basically did a very dem friendly redistricting of Pennslyvania under the Wyoming plan. This gives PA 25 seats of about 491,242 that MassGOP has made diaries on.
Without further ado, the map: http://img.imgcake.com/pajpgbu…
Without counties/cities: http://img.imgcake.com/paunmar…
Zoom on Philadelphia: http://img.imgcake.com/phillyu…
East PA: http://img.imgcake.com/eastpai…
SEPA: http://img.imgcake.com/southea…
District 1 (Blue): Obama 73%
Plurality Minority
Goes from Philly to chester county, covering most of delco along the way. I was surprised how democratic the district was. 49 W 44 B
District 2 (Green): Obama 58%
Just gave the district a chunk of philly then tried to make it more conservative, so it went into Bucks, Montgomery and most of South Delaware. Should be reasonably safe.
District 3 (Purple): Obama 56%
Northeast Philly and wraps around the 2nd and 4th. Most bucks, but also Northampton and Lehigh. Would lean strongly D, and it would only get moreso. Would be vulnerable in another 2010 like year.
District 4 (Red): Obama 55%
Takes Allentown and half of Bethleham. Goes into Montgomery, Bucks, a lot of lehigh, and northhampton. Should be ok in most years.
District 5 (Yellow): Obama 55%
Rest of Bethleham, Easton, and most of Hazleton. All of carbon and monroe counties. Only 2 people off the population goal. Should lean Dem.
District 6 (Teal): Obama 53%
Wilks-Barre, the scranton suburbs, a tiny piece of scranton, all of Montour, columbia counties and the majority of wyoming, luzurne and lackawanna. (Thank you the office for spelling of that). Would tilt D but probably require a blue dog.
District 7 (Silver): Obama 54%
The funniest district in the state, containing the rest of scranton, most or all of 3 northeastern counties, and going all the way to Penn State. Leans D
District 8 (Violet): Obama 64%
This one is ugly. Starts in Philly and just goes out. Snakes through Montgomery to get some of the central pa counties like Snyder and Mifflin. Easy D.
District 9 (Sky Blue) Obama 58%
The most Liberal parts of delco and montco along with eastern chester county. Leans D pretty heavily.
District 10 (Pink) Obama 53%
Harrisburg, Half of Lancaster and coatsville. Pretty tough to hold but def doable. Leans slightly
District 11 (Lime Green): Obama 73%
Starts in Philly and snakes.
District 12 (Robin’s Egg Blue): Obama 57%
Starts in Philly and snakes up to central. Easy Dem.
District 13 (Tan): Obama 89%
VRA district. 29 W 46 B 19 H
District 14 (Gold): Obama 39%
Huge by Land Area, takes a ton of the conservative areas into one votesink.
District 15 (Orange): Obama 53%
The one I’m perhaps most proud of. Goes from York to Pittsburgh. Takes Altoona, Johnstown, and some of the bigger Pitt suburbs. Blue dog should take this one easily.
District 16 (Slightly darker lime green): Obama 50%
Reading and the other half of Lancaster. True toss-up, very winnable.
District 17 (Navy Blue) Obama 40%
The surprisingly heavily populated York, Adams and Franklin counties in south central pa. Not a shot in hell for us to win it.
District 18 (Bright yellow): Obama 41%
Scraps. Takes parts of a lot of other counties. Easy R win.
District 19 (Pea Green): Obama 40%
A lot of the Southwestern counties. Easy R win.
Pitt close up: http://img.imgcake.com/pittclo…
District 20 (Light Pink): Obama 52%
Parts of Pitt and Washington county and Fayette county. Lean D or Toss-Up
District 21 (Blood Red): Obama 54%
East Pittsburgh, some suburbs and then it just snakes out east. Lean D
District 22 (Poo Brown): Obama 38%
One of the most conservative districts in the country. Easy easy R.
District 23 (Baby Blue): Obama 54%
Erie, Saint Mary’s and a lot of the more liberal areas in the Northwest PA. Lean D
District 24 (Dark Purple): Obama 55%
Lots of pittsburgh and Allegheny county. Likely D
District 25 (Pink-Red Mesh): Obama 49%
What was left. Surprised it was still winnable for us.
Lean Dem or better: 18
Toss-up: 2
Easy R: 5
Thoughts?
But a lot of these 52-53 percent Obama districts are districts that Bush won. Your districts 6, 10, 15, 20 and 23 are going to be seriously in jeopardy in midterm years and GOP years.
I love seeing these crazy maps with spaghetti strands all over the place. And I pray that no Democratic trifecta ever gets a map like this past.