No manual pre-processing decisions were necessary.
Simulation Notes
We sample 5,000 districting plans for Rhode Island across two independent runs of the SMC algorithm.
We assigned state senate districts to act like counties so that the simulations minimize the number of senate district splits.
Redistricting requirements
In Rhode Island, according to the Rhode Island Laws, Chapter 100, Section 2 districts must:
Interpretation of requirements
We enforce a maximum population deviation of 0.5%. We add a VRA constraint targeting one minority opportunity district.
Data Sources
Data for Rhode Island comes from the ALARM Project's 2020 Redistricting Data Files. Data for the 2022 Rhode Island enacted congressional map comes from the American Redistricting Project.
Pre-processing Notes
No manual pre-processing decisions were necessary.
Simulation Notes
We sample 5,000 districting plans for Rhode Island across two independent runs of the SMC algorithm. We assigned state senate districts to act like counties so that the simulations minimize the number of senate district splits.
Validation
Checklist
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Validation plot for number of state senate district splits.
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