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Oct 26, 2021, 5 tweets

The team at the Princeton Gerrymandering Project also has data out for the proposed Alabama Congressional, State Senate, and State House maps.

Congressional: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
Senate: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
House: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…

For the Congressional map, we fined that it is likely to elect a 6R-1D delegation, the same as the current map.

That one D-district, AL-7, is also a black opportunity-to-elect district, though it far exceeds the 50% BVAP threshold required to make it effective.

For the State Senate, we believe it would elect 26R-9D senators.

It has two potentially competitive seats, both near Huntsville.

It has 8 districts with a BVAP over 50%.

The State House map would be expected to elect 78R-27D representatives. All of the Democrats would be elected from districts with a BVAP over 50%.

It has four competitive seats, one near Huntsville, one near Birmingham, one near Talladega, and one near Monroeville.

We should note that our data is based on unofficial @davesredist traces, which were provided to us. Until the official maps are released by the state of Alabama, these are the best we can do.

#PGP_AL #ALPol #Redistricting #FairMaps

@LWVAL

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