We don’t like doing legwork, but we’ll make it easier for you!
Here’s an interactive Google Maps, with the individual House and Senate districts listed out, courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot
Here’s the Senate precinct information, individual precincts listed for every Senate district (this is the Democratic plan, not gonna waste time posting the Republican plan)
Here’s the formal House of Delegates bill, including precinct information
UPDATE (S. Kenney): Two more pieces of information for you, a bit more esoteric than the rest. From the Senate Republican Caucus:
Watkins-Vogel – Comparison Guide: This two-page chart compares the Howell and Watkins-Vogel Plans to the districts in their current form, as well as to Dr. McDonald’s proposal to the Governor’s Redistricting Commission and the two winners of the student competition. When reviewing this comparison please note the following:
- The deviation rate in the Howell Plan is four times that of the Watkins-Vogel Plan, making the Watkins-Vogel Plan closest of any to “one-person, one-vote.”
- Despite repeated claims by Democrats that a higher deviation would protect localities and communities of interest, their plan actually splits more localities than the Watkins-Vogel Plan, which is drawn at a deviation rate of just 0.5%.
- The Howell Plan splits 19 towns, nearly four times the number that are split under the current map and nearly ten times the number that are split under the Watkins-Vogel Plan. In fact, the Howell Plan splits more towns in Senator Phillip P. Puckett’s (D-Russell) district alone than the Watkins-Vogel Plan does in all of Virginia.
- A hyper-partisan plan, the Howell Plan puts only Republican incumbents in districts together. To account for population shifts, the Watkins-Vogel puts four incumbents of opposite parties together. [NOTE: The Watkins-Vogel Plan does place Senators Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) and Patricia S. Ticer (D-Alexandria) in the same district. However, Senator Ticer has already announced her retirement.]
- The Howell Plan has three districts that are contiguous only by water, without a bridge or other over-land transportation method linking them. Every district in the Watkins-Vogel Plan is contiguous by vehicular travel.
Watkins-Vogel – District Guide: Since the Watkins-Vogel Plan restores the district numbering system to its original form, the tables on this document will aid you in determining what localities and incumbents correspond with the individual districts.
