Redistricting Plan

This map is a max competition plan for New York, aiming to create the maximum number of politically competitive districts. I define a competitive district as a district where the difference between the Republican and Democratic vote shares in the 2020 presidential election was at most 5 percentage points. Under this definition, the plan has 11 competitive districts: 8 in upstate New York (districts 18-25) and 3 on Long Island (districts 1-3), a substantial improvement over the current plan's three competitive districts (districts 1, 2, and 19). After prioritizing competitiveness, the plan aims to keep political subdivisions intact in compact, contiguous districts. At the same time, the map preserves the previous plan’s high levels of minority representation. As in the current congressional map of New York, districts 13 and 15 are majority Latino by citizen voting age population (CVAP), and districts 5 and 8 are majority Black by CVAP. The map preserves Latino opportunity districts 7 and 14, Asian opportunity district 6, and Black opportunity district 9, maintaining comparable CVAP and voting age population (VAP) percentages of the relevant minority groups in each district. The map complies with the Voting Rights Act, one person one vote standards, and Supreme Court precedent concerning racial gerrymandering.