Redistricting Plan

This proposal is a max competition plan for Washington, 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 five percentage points. Under this definition, the plan has seven competitive districts (districts 4-10), a substantial improvement over both the previous map (used in the 2020 election) and the enacted plan, each of which have one competitive district. While the plan attempted to be nonpartisan, independent analyses suggest the plan favors Republicans.