{"id":13493,"date":"2021-09-13T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=13493"},"modified":"2021-09-22T20:42:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T01:42:34","slug":"mocking-iowas-2020s-congressional-districts-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2021\/09\/mocking-iowas-2020s-congressional-districts-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Mocking Iowa’s 2020s congressional districts (9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mock 22: The I-380, US 34, and US 18 districts<\/strong>
\nDistrict 1:<\/strong> Pulled from Mock 20 because it’s so good.
\nDistrict 2:<\/strong> Heavily Republican southern Iowa helps Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
\nDistrict 3:<\/strong> Long district is long? Good on small area, not great on compactness. It keeps Polk, Dallas, and Story together, though.
\nDistrict 4:<\/strong> Guthrie, Harrison, and Marshall counties drop down from the main area to form this one, whose variance pushes my self-imposed limit.<\/p>\n

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Mock 23: Put a blue ribbon on it?<\/strong>
\nDistrict 1:<\/strong> This county combination makes its third appearance.
\nDistrict 2:<\/strong> The Shelby-Audubon-Guthrie extension here is this map’s biggest weakness. But my only other options are Cass, Montgomery, and Mills, and they just don’t work out numbers-wise.
\nDistrict 3:<\/strong> Shades of the 1960s 5th District<\/a>, bringing Des Moines, Ames, and Fort Dodge together, but with more surrounding land. This time around, though, Fort Dodge isn’t even in the district’s top five cities.
\nDistrict 4:<\/strong> This is a wraparound of Iowa’s northern and western thirds, from Lansing to Larchwood to Lewis. But despite its sprawl, and large perimeter, look at that variance. <\/em><\/p>\n

This map, number-wise, is nearly as good as the LSA’s second 2000s map, the one that was approved. This map has potential, though I wouldn’t be surprised at something closer to Mock 14 or Mock 17A for geographic-size-equality reasons. I’m absolutely ending with this one.<\/p>\n

The real maps come out Thursday.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 9\/22: Fixed slight Scott County population error. This brought the overall variance up slightly, but it’s still pretty dang good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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