Blake Esselstyn, fka districks

Professional geography and demography nerd, focused on principled #redistricting, i.e. #FairMaps. Principal of Mapfigure Consulting. Fan of 11x17" paper. he/him

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

Full-on #redistricting season has arrived. My docket is very full, and so my presence on Twitter will be very limited until at least Halloween. #FairMaps

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@chriscooperwcu Pretty sure that Flynt's magazine was Hustler. Penthouse's publisher was Bob Guccione. No further comment. =)

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

3/3 Also, fwiw, @felt (the platform I used for the interactive map) makes it insanely easy to create a map like this.

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

1/3 I'm on another continent and am on vacation, but I learned that the #NCGA hadn't posted interactive maps for the proposed #redistricting plans. Here's a map that will let you zoom in, pan around, etc. to inspect. #NCPol #FairMaps.
https://t.co/OmdYrDTgpL

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

2/3 I could only find shapefiles for the proposed State House and State Senate plans. If shapefiles for the proposed Congressional plans are online somewhere, please let me know the URL and I'll share them.

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

#FairMaps #NCPol #NCGA

[Under the Dome, N&O @underthedome]

If the budget passes, it appears that lawmakers will have no obligation to share any drafts or materials that guided their decisions in drawing political maps. https://t.co/s5JCi5wPKp

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@LaurenLeatherby Great visualizations!

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@mcpli Indeed interesting. Source?

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@mcpli (Though F and C are indeed close to each other on the keyboard.)

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@mcpli Typo in final word? Wouldn't surprise me if it was auto-correct. =)

[Michael Li 李之樸 @mcpli]

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: SCOTUS in 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice Roberts upholds ruling that Alabama must redraw congressional map to create second Black district. Opinion here: https://t.co/wHWsd1WfkI

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@chriscooperwcu I might argue that this piece of the thread is substantive! 🗺️🤓

[Emily @emily_jkn]

A new proposal for collecting race and ethnicity data on federal surveys (including the Census) just dropped. Public comments are open for 75 days https://t.co/JvVGnh3jrJ

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@RedistrictNet One might argue that the wording of the question could lead to "no" responses from people who didn't pursue an American politics or political science degree. E.g., a math major who didn't study redistricting could have thought it was appropriate to respond in the negative.

[MC HAMMER e/acc @MCHammer]

Redistricting fight over who is Black in Louisiana voting map : NPR https://t.co/haDNQnRkTI

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@amyvanessa @GovHowardDean Up my alley indeed! Thanks, Amy!

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@Chris_T_Kenny Got it. Thanks for the speedy reply (and the GitHub options)!

[John Holden @thejohnholden]

Good news: The newest version of the QGIS Redistricting Plugin is now in the QGIS plugin repository, featuring a number of bug fixes

[Blake Esselstyn, fka districks @districks]

@PlanScore NC's plan actually has 14 seats. =)

[Will Doran @will_doran]

Breaking-but-expected: Gov. Cooper vetoes the bill that would have moved the 2022 primary elections back from May to June

Don't fill in your calendars in pen just yet, though.

The Supreme Court could still change the election date (again) #ncpol #ncga https://t.co/yLpMH1u2oT