Redistricting Update

I have started looking at population changes throughout Virginia in the last few weeks. Over the next few months, I will propose what the Virginia electoral map may look like in 2011 after the next redistricting.

Here is some preliminary information that will be used in all my future anaylsis:
Virginia Population: 7,078,515 in 2000 to 8,056,415 people in 2010
Congressional Seat: 643,501 to 732,401 people
State Senate Seat: 176,963 to 201,410 people
House of Delegates Seat: 70,785 to 80,564 people

From what I see right now, Virginia will probably not gain (or lose) a House seat so we will still have 11 Congressional seats after 2010.

I will begin with Congressional districts and work my way down to Delegate seats. We will see how it goes. I will begin with the 8th Congressional District which should be up sometime tomorrow.