The more Congressional districts a state has, the more fun the state is to gerrymander. And so we arrive at the first state with three districts: Nebraska. A third district requires a third color code – District 1 is red, District 2 is green, and District 3 is orange.
Remember that, as always, I made these districts in an attempt to fairly represent the population of Nebraska, with no consideration of voting patterns. I started in the largest city (Omaha) and moved out. District 1 is the most urban (Omaha-en) and District 3 is the most rural.
The inset at the bottom left shows the two largest urban areas in Nebraska: Omaha and Lincoln, collectively holding 40 percent of the population of Nebraska. Notice how the boundaries of Omaha (yellow border) line up with District 1 in both my new districts (red color) and the actual Nebraska congressional districts (white borders).
That is the exception. As we go through states, we’ll see urban areas split among districts over and over again. It’s nice to see it not happen for once.
Previous ungerrymanders:
Introduction
Idaho
Montana
Rhode Island
West Virginia
New Hampshire (and again)
Maine
Hawaii