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In response to "Strongbad: The districts aren;t even at all in NOVA. They lumped all the Dems into 1-2 districts. -- nm" by MDH

I'm just trying to understand if VA does the same thing that GA does

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jan 23 '13, 10:17

In that the closer you get to the urban core, the smaller the districts get in order to ensure they're all roughly the same population-wise.

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Checking on wiki, the populations are around the same - the issue is really about how the boundaries are determined. -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 10:20 12
- right, it's childishly simple to concentrate one party into a few districts. - Reagen Jan 23, 10:25 5
  - But two of the three largest districts are their party. That means they're not very good at being evil geniuses. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 10:45 4
    - you two are talking about two different concepts - Don Homer Jan 23, 10:49 3
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        You're right. I should know better than to bring in things like "data" and "facts" into partisan arguments. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 11:24 1
        
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- * at least, they had the same population in 2000 -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 10:21 5
  - NOVA's population in the past 3 years has boomed, I can't imagine the change in the past 12. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 10:22 4
    - And when redistricting happens following the 2010 census results, the districts will again have equal populations - Roger More Jan 23, 10:26 3
      - post-2010 redistricting is already in effect. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 10:30 2
        
        Is it? But still... the boundaries! -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 10:33 1
        
        You seem to forget my post from the other day. VA is re re-distriscting and getting rid of a Dem district. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 11:05
yes, all districts are supposed to be roughly the same population size. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 10:18 9
- *Laughs* yeah, except NOVA, VA Beach, and Richmond happen to not be, and what do they all have in common? -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 10:19 8
  - not sure what you are arguing, but I'm pretty certain federal dictates that the pop sizes can't deviate too much from one to another within a state. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 10:29
  - the census says all districts are between 650k and 850k in size. The two largest are 10 and 11 in NoVA. - spamlet Jan 23, 10:25 1
    - And VA-10 is a R district. As is VA-1, the third largest district. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 10:26
  - If true, I don't understand this at all. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 10:21
  - uh, I dont' know. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 10:21 3
    - All blue. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 10:22 2
      - I need proof that Richmond and VB are blue. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 10:25 1
        
        Look at any voting tracking map. VA Beach is beyond blue. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 10:41
Basically the complete opposite. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 10:18

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