[NSRCA-discussion] redistricting

[John Ferrell]

Even the British know it is futile to try to separate the Carolinas.... 
What ever you do on paper, they just ignore it and keep on going...

I expect there are other scenarios like that.

John Ferrell    
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Kennie" <geobet at gis.net>
To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 2:11 PM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] redistricting


> Happy New Year everybody!
> 
> A little bit ago I got a post from Cathy Reuther and it dealt with
> the districts as currently arranged.
> I got scratchin' my head over this and felt that there were some
> extreme geographical inequities placed on some districts. I got out
> my atlas and got looking at the U.S.and marvelled at the distance
> one would have to travel in some districts to attend a contest in
> "your own" district.
> In some districts the states seem to be smaller while other
> districts are composed of states that are voluminus in their
> geographical area.
> One area that caught my attention is district #2. In my estimation,
> district #2 seems to have a lower frequency of scheduled events
> which appears, to me, to be a function of the fact that the area is
> too limited geographically. With a slight expansion of their
> geographical area this shortfall could be corrected.
> Anyhow................. I got studying the U.S. map and came up with
> the following reconfiguration:
> 
> District #1,
> Me., N.H., Vt., Ma., Ct., R.I., N.Y., Pa., N.J., Md., De. (no
> change).
> 
> District #2,
> D.C., Va., W.Va., Oh., Ky., Tn., N.C.
> 
> District #3,
> S.C., Ga., Fla., Al., Ms., La., Ar.