Category Archives: Maps

The Iowa Senate dropped more work on the LSA yesterday by rejecting the first proposed redistricting maps. The above map wouldn’t qualify for what the agency has been ordered to come up with — a total variance of less than … Continue reading →

So, I didn’t win Redistricting Powerball. Oh well. Ironically, my very first map based on 2019 population estimates — and, to a lesser extent, Mock 21 — came closest to pegging the new 1st District. The overall variance is 99, … Continue reading →

Mock 22: The I-380, US 34, and US 18 districts District 1: Pulled from Mock 20 because it’s so good. District 2: Heavily Republican southern Iowa helps Mariannette Miller-Meeks. District 3: Long district is long? Good on small area, not … Continue reading →

Mock 20: Corridor compaction District 1: Democrat Liz Mathis has a clear-the-field list of endorsements for whatever district includes Cedar Rapids. Christina Bohannan — who primaried a long-time representative in Iowa’s most Democratic state House district — has received former … Continue reading →

Mock 15: Checking Wasserman The great thing about Iowa’s congressional districts is that anyone can play. I did some looking at what the “professionals” were playing with. I made Mock 15 based on this tweet from Dave Wasserman of the Cook … Continue reading →

Bonus Saturday post! Had the census numbers been released Monday or Tuesday, when I had a full evening to play with them, I would’ve come up with this map earlier. It might have even superseded Mock 13 entirely. Once I … Continue reading →

The actual 2020 census numbers came out yesterday, in extremely large and complex files meant to be interpreted by extremely expensive and complex software. I am but a simply country blogger of limited means. So, in order to get fast … Continue reading →

Illinois has just enacted maps for legislative and state supreme court (!) elections for the 2020s — but NOT congressional districts. Iowa and other states have been told that it is absolutely impossible to get anything close to the real numbers … Continue reading →

I guess Map Day is officially the Friday of Memorial Day weekend now. Here’s the big new PDF. Dubuque’s Southwest Arterial is marked on both the main map and Dubuque inset. IA 32 is dead, US 52 has been removed … Continue reading →