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Single transferable vote (STV) method of preference voting

THE BAD AND THE UGLY

The Bad and Ugly:

For partisan advantage:
- Arizona Congressional District 2 (Kingman & Surprise)
- Georgia Congressional District 11
- Illinois Congressional District 8 (Schaumburg & Zion)
- Illinois Congressional District 10 (Waukegan & Glenview)
- Illinois Congressional District 11 (Bloomington & Kankakee)
- Illinois Congressional District 14 (Batavia & Dixon)
- Illinois Congressional District 15 (Champaign & Urbana)
- Illinois Congressional District 17 (Quad Cities & Decatur)
- Illinois Congressional District 18 (Peoria & Jacksonville)
- Illinois Congressional District 19 (Centralia)
- Indiana Congressional District 6 (Muncie)
- Massachusetts Congressional District 3 (Worcester & Somerset)
- Massachusetts Congressional District 4 (Brookline & New Bedford)
- Massachusetts Congressional District 7 (Malden & Framingham)
- Massachusetts Congressional District 8 (Chelsea & Roxbury)
- Massachusetts Congressional District 9 (Brockton & South Boston)
- Nevada Congressional District 3 (Boulder City & Spring Valley)
- New Jersey Congressional District 6 (Asbury Park)
- New Jersey Congressional District 7 (Scotch Plains)
- New Jersey Congressional District 12 (Princeton)
- NYS Congressional District 3 (Levittown & Massapequa, Long Island)
- NYS Congressional District 17 (Williamsbridge & Suffern)
- NYS Congressional District 20 (Upper Hudson Valley)
- NYS Congressional District 22 (Binghamton)
- NYS Congressional District 23 (North Country)
- NYS Congressional District 24 (Utica to Finger Lakes)
- NYS Congressional District 28 (Niagara Falls & Rochester)
- North Carolina Congressional District 2 (Smithfield & Sanford)
- Ohio Congressional District 2 (Blue Ash & Portsmouth)
- Ohio Congressional District 3 (Dayton)
- Ohio Congressional District 4 (Lima & Mansfield)
- Ohio Congressional District 5 (Defiance & Bucyrus)
- Ohio Congressional District 6 (Steubenville & Athens)
- Ohio Congressional District 7 (Springfield & Lancaster)
- Ohio Congressional District 8 (Hamilton & Troy)
- Ohio Congressional District 9 (Toledo & Sandusky)
- Ohio Congressional District 18 (Zanesville & Chillicothe)
- Pennsylvania Congressional District 6 (Ardmore & Coatesville)
- Pennsylvania Congressional District 7 (King of Prussia & Drexel Hill)
- Pennsylvania Congressional District 9 (Altoona & Chambersburg)
- Pennsylvania Congressional District 10 (Shamokin)
- Pennsylvania Congressional District 12 (Johnstown & Uniontown)
- Pennsylvania Congressional District 18 (Mount Lebanon & Greensboro)
- Texas Congressional District 13 (Amarillo & Wichita Falls)
- Texas Congressional District 14 (Victoria & Galveston)
- Texas Congressional District 17 (Waco & Bryan)
- Texas Congressional District 19 (Lubbock & Big Spring)
- Texas Congressional District 22 (Sugar Land & Pearland)
- NYS Assembly District 13 (Plainview & Glen Cove, Long Island), neighbor of District 15
- NYS Assembly District 25 (Jamaica Estates, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 26 (Bayside, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 27 (College Point, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 29 (Rosedale, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 30 (Maspeth, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 37 (SunNYSide, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 48 (Borough Park, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 88 (Scarsdale & Eastchester)
- NYS Assembly District 100 (Poughkeepsie & Newburgh)
- NYS Assembly District 101 (New Paltz & Rhinebeck)
- NYS Assembly District 107 (Deposit)
- NYS Assembly District 115 (New Hartford)
- NYS Assembly District 119 (DeWitt & Salina)
- NYS Assembly District 120 (Van Buren & Geddes)
- NYS Assembly District 123 (Finger Lakes)
- NYS Assembly District 124 (Oswego & Lysander)
- NYS Assembly District 127 (Schoharie County)
- NYS Assembly District 129 (Seneca County)
- Pennsylvania State House District 172

For partisan advantage, with adjustment to accommodate underrepresented ethnicities:
- California Congressional District 11 (Lodi & Pleasanton & Morgan Hills)
- Georgia Congressional District 13 (Riverdale & Covington)
- Louisiana Congressional District 1 (Metairie & Slidell)
- Illinois Congressional District 1 (Blue Island & Oak Forest)
- Illinois Congressional District 5 (Schiller Park & River Grove)
- Indiana Congressional District 4 (Lafayette & Bedford)
- Indiana Congressional District 5 (Shelbyville & Huntington)
- Maryland Congressional District 2 (Dundalk)
- Maryland Congressional District 3 (Annapolis & Pikesville)
- Maryland Congressional District 4 (Olney)
- Michigan Congressional District 14 (Hamtramck & Trenton)
- Mississippi Congressional District 3 (Natchez & Meridian)
- NYS Congressional District 7 (Parkchester & Woodside)
- NYS Congressional District 8 (Greenwich Village & Coney Island)
- NYS Congressional District 9 (Forest Hills & Sheepshead Bay, Long Island)
- NYS Congressional District 10 (Bedford & Canarsie)
- Ohio Congressional District 13 (Akron & Lorian)
- Pennsylvania Congressional District 1 (Chester & Darby)
- NYS Senate District 34 (Eastchester & Throggs Neck)
- NYS Assembly District 8 (Babylon & Islip Terrace, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 9 (Northport, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 17 (Mineola, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 19 (Wantagh & Seaford, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 131 (Chili)
- NYS Assembly District 132 (Irondequoit & Brighton)
- Virginia House District 17 (Hollins & Mount Pleasant & Cloverdale)

The Ugly:

To accommodate underrepresented ethnicities:
- Alabama Congressional District 7 (Selma & Tuscaloosa)
- California Congressional District 18 (Merced & Stockton & Modesto)
- California Congressional District 38 (Norwalk & Pomona & Montebello)
- Florida Congressional District 23 (Belle Glade & Pompano Beach)
- Illinois Congressional District 3 (Berwyn & Palos Hills)
- Illinois Congressional District 4 (Cicero)
- Illinois Congressional District 7 (Oak Park)
- Louisiana Congressional District 2 (New Orleans)
- Maryland Congressional District 1 (Eastern Shore)
- New Jersey Congressional District 13 (Union City & Perth Amboy)
- NYS Congressional District 12 (Bushwick & Sunset Park)
- North Carolina Congressional District 1 (Roanoke Rapids & New Bern)
- North Carolina Congressional District 3 (Jacksonville & Morehead City)
- North Carolina Congressional District 12 (Winston-Salem)
- Texas Congressional District 18 (Houston)
- Texas Congressional District 29 (Pasadena)
- Virginia Congressional District 3 (Portsmouth & New Kent County)
- NYS Assembly District 11 (Lindenhurst & Amityville, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 23 (Howard Beach & Rockaway Park, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 31 (Idlewild, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 35 (East Elmhurst, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 87 (Mount Vernon)
The Good, or at least non-controversial:
- NYS Assembly District 20 (Long Beach and Five Towns)
- NYS Assembly District 21 (Elmont & Franklin Square, Long Island)
- NYS Assembly District 135 (Webster & Perinton)
- NYS Assembly District 136 (Steuben County & Yates County)
- NYS Assembly District 143 (Cheektowaga & Lancaster)

Redistricting Game

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