**crossposted from RRH**
This is how I imagine California should look if it had 24 districts [so that the House overall would be reduced to 200 districts] and were redistricted commission style. All election data two-way. This is my second diary in this series. I'm already done with redistricting all states that don't become at-large states, but not sure in which order I'll write them up. Any preferences? All states are redistricted the way they're stacked up in 2010-- D gerrymanders where D's have free reign, same for R's, and otherwise court/commission style maps. I have a bunch of election data for all of them. NY is already posted here and on RRH.
Northern Cali
Blue: Coast of Norcal, Marin, Vallejo, Fairfield
Election: 71.5% Obama, 66.1% Brown, 65.2% Kerry, 65% Boxer, 61.1% Harris, 68.7% Lockyer (vs. Parish), 60.1% Bowen (vs. McPherson).
Race: 66% White (VAP), 18% Hispanic
Prior Representation: 43% Woolsey, 34% Thompson, 16% Miller.
Rating: Safe D
Green: Northeast Cali
Election: 45.2% Obama, 41.8% Brown, 38.3% Kerry, 36.4% Boxer, 35.4% Harris, 44.6% Lockyer, 34.8% Bowen.
Race: 76% White (VAP), 14% Hispanic
Prior Representation: 48% McClintock, 45% Herger
Rating: Safe R
Purple: Sacramento, Citrus Heights
Election: 60.9% Obama, 60.7% Brown, 51.6% Kerry, 54.9% Boxer, 50.0% Harris, 58.2% Lockyer, 47.3% Bowen.
Race: 53% White, 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian
Prior Representation: 45% Lungren, 43% Matsui, 16% Miller.
Rating: Likely D
Greyish Blue: Modesto, empty counties
Election: 46.6% Obama, 43.4% Brown, 37.7% Kerry, 37.7% Boxer, 36.6% Harris, 46.9% Lockyer, 36.5% Bowen.
Race: 56% White, 33% Hispanic
Prior Representation: 33% Cardoza, 32% Denham
Rating: Safe R
Light Blue: Fresno, Tulare County
Election: 49.3% Obama, 44.7% Brown, 39.9% Kerry, 38.1% Boxer, 37.2% Harris, 48.2% Lockyer, 37.2% Bowen.
Race: 49% Hispanic, 37% White
Prior Representation: 49% Nunes, 33% Costa, 18% Denham
Rating: Safe R
Green: Coastal CA, Salinas, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz Cnty
Election: 63.7% Obama, 57.1% Brown, 57% Kerry, 56.7% Boxer, 51.9% Harris, 59.8% Lockyer, 45% Bowen.
Race: 54% White, 35% Hispanic
Prior Representation: 43% Farr, 20% Capps, 11% McCarthy
Rating: Safe D
Note: Does anyone know why Bowen bombed here so much? It's not an error, I checked-- she won Santa Cruz by just one point, and that's a 79% Obama county.
Pink: Bakersfield, Ventura County
Yeah, I know, not great, but one district always has to suffer in terms of CoI. And it's not terrible-- there's a traffic connection over the I-5, and both places are pretty conservative by Cali standards.
Election: 53.9% Obama, 47.1% Brown, 46% Kerry, 45.3% Boxer, 40.6% Harris, 51.5% Lockyer, 44% Bowen.
Race: 51% White, 38% Hispanic
Prior Representation: 37% Gallegly, 27% McCarthy, 24% Capps, 11% Costa
Rating: Likely R for Gallegly, Lean R for McCarthy
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