Ohio is starting its debate of new Congressional maps. Both the House and Senate Republicans released versions today (neither of which were provided in shapefiles) and while we're waiting on a conversion of the Senate version, we wanted to post our Report Card for the House.
It gets an F overall and in Partisan Fairness, and a C in Competitiveness and Geography.
It would elect 12R-3D delegation, though OH-1 (Cincinnati) is very close and could easily elect a Republican some years.
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It splits 13 counties and has four competitive districts, three of which lean Republican.
It also only has 1 district with a BVAP over 40% (OH-11, Cleveland).
For context, the Democratic proposal got Bs overall and in Partisan Fairness, with Cs in Competitiveness and Geography. It had 3 competitive seats, would elect an 8D-7R delegation, and one district with a BVAP over 40% (and one more over 30%).
gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
We'll update this thread with the Senate Republican proposal, once we have a shapefile, but want to thank @DKElections for providing us the House file.
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As promised, we've now prepared a report card for the senate Republican proposal for the Ohio Congressional map.
It also gets an F overall and in Partisan Fairness, with Cs in Geography and Competitiveness.
gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
It splits more counties, but is more compact than the House Republican proposal.
It would elect a 13R-2D delegation from OH, and has four competitive seats, all leaning R.
This is more of a Republican gerrymander than the House proposal, which was still unfair.
It also has only one district with a BVAP over 17% (OH-11, Cleveland, at a BVAP of 42.7%).
No other district has a minority population above 30%.
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