Interim Map for Harris County Commissioners Court
We have an interim map for the county. Here’s a first attempt at filling in the blanks of Dave’s Redistricting App with the map shown in the judge’s order (pdf). Click the image below for a bigger view. I’m in the process of Google-fying the map for later today. For now, Pct 2 is the darker blue of the districts.
It’s basically a status quo map that does away with the population deviations, making it suitable for 2012 purposes. The outcome of the full Section 2 lawsuit is still pending. You can get a visual sense of the difference from the plan that passed Commissioners Court here.
Since Precinct 2 is the district under the most dispute, here’s what it looks like under this map:
Pct 2 Demographics
Total Population
Hispanic ... 61.1% Anglo ...... 27.0% Afr-Am ...... 8.5% Asian ....... 2.4% Other ....... 1.1%
Voting Age Population
Hispanic ... 56.3% Anglo ...... 31.4% Afr-Am ...... 8.8% Asian ....... 2.6% Other ....... 0.9%
The baseline for the map was 60.0% Total Population Hispanic and 55.2% Voting Age Hispanic. Both of those bars are cleared by more than a full point.
The most relevant election data for the district is as follows:
CONTEST D R WINNER --------------------------------------- 2010-GOV ... 49.7 - 48.5 Bill White 2008-PRES .. 47.6 - 52.4 John McCain 2008-SEN ... 51.3 - 46.8 Rick Noriega