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Congressional Plans "Type" column: P = Pizza and D = Doughnut "SL Co. Split" column: Number of districts within Salt Lake County Percent Deviation SL Co. ID # User Name Title Description Type Notes Split Large Small Total The goal of this plan is to maximize Republican opportunities. This includes creating an almost entirely rural district outside Alex's of Salt Lake County and having Salt Lake County split by the remaining three districts. Congressman Rob Bishop lives in the 1 Alex de la Torre Congressional Fourth District, where as Congressmen Jason Chaffetz and Jim Matheson are both in the Second District. The First and Third 0.00 0.00 0.00 D 2 Districts do not have an incumbent Congressman. This plan was drawn with the goal of either defeating Congressman Matheson or forcing him to retire. There are few if any weaknesses of the plan. I didn’t look at any seats or existing political demographics, as I don’t feel redistricting should take those into account. Instead it should be based, as much as possible, on keeping as many existing political boundaries as possible intact. This means that I kept every county in the same district except for Salt Lake County (split into 3 districts due to population 2 Beau Sorensen Sorensen Plan 0.05 ‐0.10 0.15 D 3 requirements) and part of Davis County (due to 1st district area being just a bit too populous). I tried to keep cities intact, but because it just went from county to precinct, I wasn’t able to do so quite as easily. I’d recommend that the committee adjust this outcome so that cities stay together. This map was designed with Utah’s population centers and transportation routes in mind. Only three counties (Davis, Salt David Edward Lake, and Utah) are in more than one district. Only four cities (Bountiful, West Jordan, Millcreek, and Pleasant Grove) are 3 Garber CDs 0.05 ‐0.06 0.11 D 2 Garber in more than one district. All present Congresspeople remain residents of their respective districts. This map was designed with minimal attention to present district boundaries (for better or for worse). This map was designed with Utah’s population centers and transportation routes in mind. Only three counties (Davis, Salt David Edward 4 Garber CD Lake, and Utah) are in more than one district. Only four cities (Bountiful, West Jordan, Millcreek, and Pleasant Grove) are 0.05 ‐0.06 0.11 D 2 Garber in more than one district. All present Utah Congresspeople will remain within their present (respective) districts. This map was designed with Utah’s population centers and transportation routes in mind. Only three counties (Davis, Salt David Edward Lake, and Utah) are in more than one district. Only three cities (Bountiful, Salt Lake City, and Pleasant Grove) are in more 5 Garber CDs B 0.05 ‐0.06 0.11 P 2 Garber than one district. At least two present Congresspeople remain residents of their respective districts. This map was designed with minimal attention to present district boundaries (for better or for worse). This map was designed with Utah’s population centers and transportation routes in mind. Only three counties (Davis, Salt David Edward Lake, and Utah) are in more than one district. Only three cities (Bountiful, Murray, West Jordan, and Pleasant Grove) are in 6 Garber CDs C 0.08 ‐0.07 0.15 P 3 Garber more than one district. All three present Congresspeople remain residents of their respective districts. This map was designed with minimal attention to present district boundaries (for better or for worse). I tried to keep Utah County and Salt Lake City as complete as possible, they have their own unique culture and unique 7 Jason Steffen Jason Utah Plan interests. I have several of the northern urban areas grouped together to form another district. Finally I tried to group as 0.02 ‐0.03 0.05 D 3 much of rural Utah together as their concerns are far different than the other districts. 8 John Evans Plan 1No description. 0.04 ‐0.02 0.06 P 3 9 John Evans two No description. 0.04 ‐0.05 0.09 P 4 Stanard_1 This map keeps all counties intact, except Utah and Salt Lake which are too big. It also keeps the current Urban/Rural mix in 10 Jon Stanard 0.06 ‐0.06 0.12 P 3 Submit all counties. It does not have districts which are overly safe to any one party. Most would be competitive. I attempted to put parts of the Salt Lake valley into multiple districts while keeping district 2 primarily the Salt Lake area. The Salt Lake area is likely to have similar wants, needs and concerns beyond politics so I think this is a good idea. I did put 11 Norman Allen normallen plan1 0.04 ‐0.07 0.11 D 3 portions of the SL area in to district 3 and 4 so that the populations are more balanced and so that those districts have representation from the city as well as country settings. My objective was to focus the Congressional districts upon key issues of both urban and rural concern. A representative Swann Congress 12 Steve Swann only has so much time and energy. By sectioning ranch, rural and land issues from urban issues they can better keep 0.07 ‐0.09 0.16 D 3 Plan 1 focused on the key issue of their respective constituencies. Congrassional 13 Brian Fabbi No description. 0.08 ‐0.08 0.16 P 2 District 14 Jeremy Johnson Turbo This is my attempt at preserving similar communities. 0.00 0.00 0.00 D 3 Percent Deviation SL Co. ID # User Name Title Description Type Notes Split Large Small Total This plan would allow each district to be approximately equal at 690,900 citizens. A district from Salt Lake City across the north‐eastern part of the state would include several national parks and national forests, and have a generally urban and/or high mountain culture and history. A district in the north‐western part of the state would include some areas south 15 Neil Longo redistrict1 of the great Salt Lake, but mostly represent the rural communities of the north‐west. A district in the south‐west would 0.00 0.00 0.00 P 3 include St. George and Filmore. Finally a district extending down the San Pete Valley from Provo would give representation to the various valley communities of Utah. This plan would, under current circumstances, give the Democrats 1 safe seat in the house, while ensuring that Republican votes in the Provo area and much of the Utah valley are not disenfranchised. 16 Patrick Adamson PatrickPlan This plan is designed with rural vs urban, socioeconomic status, and political views accounted for. 0.07 ‐0.05 0.12 D 3 17 Patrick Adamson Patrick's plan 4 District plan 0.02 ‐0.02 0.04 D 2 The 2nd district is entirely within the confines of Salt Lake County, specifically the eastern portion. This allows the similar communities of the Salt Lake Valley to be represented as one community, rather than being split up to dilute their presence as many Utah partisans would wish. The 3rd district includes the entirety of Utah County, as well as portions of southern Salt Lake County to meet the magic number of about 691,000. Utah County’s communities all have a lot in common, and little would be gained from splitting them up into a “pie,” in the same manner as Salt Lake County. However, Utah County alone does not meet the population requirement, so portions of Southern Salt Lake County are included in district 3 to meet that number. This leaves the 1st and 4th districts to be split between the entire rest of the state of Utah. SLC/UTC + The split I utilized in this map was a North/South Split. I constructed the 1st district using the entirety of Box Elder, Cache, 18 Tyrell Aagard North/South 0.05 ‐0.05 0.10 D 3 Rich, and Weber Counties, as well as the majority of Davis County. This district well represents the cities north of Salt Lake Split (Davis County, Ogden, Brigham City, Logan, etc.). The 4th district is composed of the entirety of Tooele, Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier, Beaver, Iron, Piute, Washington, Kane, Garfield, Wayne, San Juan, Emery, Grand, Carbon, Uintah, Duchesne, Wasatch, Daggett, Summit, and Morgan Counties, as well as portions of Salt Lake (western) and Davis Counties. This district is heavily rural, which I believe should be true of at least one of Utah’s Congressional districts. It is difficult for one representative to represent both heavily rural and heavily urban portions of their district simultaneously in Congress – the differences between the two are simply too great to advocate for both. Having a representative there to fight for the interests of an almost entirely rural district will help these rural areas much better than any of the 3 current districts do. This 4‐way district split is one that has been often talked about in the Utah media as of late. I’ll first focus on the 2nd and 3rd districts. The 2nd district is entirely within the confines of Salt Lake County, specifically the eastern portion. This allows the similar communities of the Salt Lake Valley to be represented as one community, rather than being split up to dilute their presence as many Utah partisans would wish. The 3rd district includes the entirety of Utah County, as well as portions of southern Salt Lake County to meet the magic number of about 691,000.