"2020 Election Edition" road atlas

[Scott5114]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

Besides, does I-97 even enter any cities?

Wouldn't I-5 qualify? All 3 states it traverses are fairly blue to say the least.

I-5 passes through some leans-Republican to even Congressional districts that would probably bring its PVI average down. That being said, the sheer number of Democratic districts it passes through may cancel that out. Still, I wouldn't expect it to get beyond D+10 or so.

[dlsterner]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

Besides, does I-97 even enter any cities?

To be fair, Maryland has surprisingly few defined cities.  Anne Arundel county (where I-97 is located) only has two defined cities - Annapolis and the tiny Highland Beach.  I-97 enters neither of these.

Most major population centers are "Census Designated Places" instead.  I-97 passes through CDPs Ferndale, Glen Burnie, and Crownsville, maybe others.

[BigRedDog]

I'm impressed that there's been this much discussion about American politics and the conversation hasn't gotten overly political. Kudos!

[mrose]

I would have guessed I-5, but how about all the Hawaiian Hs?

[hotdogPi]

I would have guessed I-5, but how about all the Hawaiian Hs?

Hawaii only had three red precincts in 2016: two military bases and Ni'ihau. I-H2 gets quite close to one of the red military bases, but I-H1 and I-H3 seem pretty blue. (And I-H2 is still blue; a single precinct doesn't affect that much.) Even though this is the 2020 edition and not the 2016 edition of the atlas, I don't expect much to change here.

The I-91 corridor is quite blue in all three states, although this is less the case if you consider all the towns it serves, particularly for New Haven, CT and Springfield, MA.

[Rothman]

Springfield handily voted for Clinton by 4:1.

I remember Romney debating Kennedy in Springfield during Romney's first failed Senate bid.  Kennedy was quite comfortable given the very friendly crowd; Romney was desperate to have any impact.

[Scott5114]

I would have guessed I-5, but how about all the Hawaiian Hs?

Hawaii only had three red precincts in 2016: two military bases and Ni'ihau. I-H2 gets quite close to one of the red military bases, but I-H1 and I-H3 seem pretty blue. (And I-H2 is still blue; a single precinct doesn't affect that much.) Even though this is the 2020 edition and not the 2016 edition of the atlas, I don't expect much to change here.

Hawaii's two Congressional districts are rated only D+17 and D+19, less blue than Maryland. That implies that while the Democrats are spread out more in Hawaii, there's a greater percentage of them in Maryland.

[jp the roadgeek]

I would say that there are really only a couple red towns along I-91 in CT: North Haven and Wallingford come to mind, and the Cromwell-Rocky Hill-Wethersfield combo is moderate, and Enfield is a little more red.  In MA, Northampton is about as blue as it gets.

I would say that I-37 is also among the most red, as is I-49 and I-29.  Were inner city Houston not so blue, I would also include I-45.

[Scott5114]

Believe it or not, because of the way South Texas is gerrymandered, much of I-37's mileage is actually in blue districts! (Almost all of the districts that touch the Rio Grande lean Democratic.)

[hotdogPi]

I would say that there are really only a couple red towns along I-91 in CT: North Haven and Wallingford come to mind, and the Cromwell-Rocky Hill-Wethersfield combo is moderate, and Enfield is a little more red.  In MA, Northampton is about as blue as it gets.

I would say that I-37 is also among the most red, as is I-49 and I-29.  Were inner city Houston not so blue, I would also include I-45.

I don't think I was clear enough. The path of I-91 itself is bluer than if you include everything within 5 miles of it (who would still be using I-91 a lot).

[Mr. Matté]

All this time, I thought maybe it would be a modern-day Green Book but for people with a sense of sanity.

[ce929wax]

If my math is correct, I-94 in Michigan runs through the 6th, 3rd, 7th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 9th, and 10th districts which gives it an average of D+2.5.  The most Republican district is the 10th, and the most Democratic district is the 13th.

I-96 runs through 2nd, 3rd, clips the 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, and 13th for an average of R+1.1.  The most Republican district is the 4th, and the most Democratic district is the 13th.

I-69 goes through the 7th district twice, 3rd district, 4th, 5th and 10th districts for an average of R+6.2.  The most Republican district is the 10th and the most Democratic district is the 5th.

I-75 goes through 7th district, 12th district, 13th district, 14th district, 11th district, 8th district, 5th district, 4th district, and 1st district for an average of D+5.2.  The most Republican district is the 4th district, and the most Democratic is the 13th district.

I-196 goes through the 6th, 2nd, and 3rd districts for an average of R+6.3.  The most Republican district is the 2nd and the most Democratic district is the 6th, albeit with a rating of R+4.

[tdindy88]

All of I-94 in Indiana runs through Indiana's 1st District, which has voted Democrat for over 90 years. The district serves the Indiana suburbs of Chicago.

I-64 and I-69 (north and south parts) all serve Republican areas at the moment. I-64 runs through Indiana's 8th and 9th districts in Southern Indiana. I-69 runs through the 8th and 9th along with Indiana's 5th, 6th and 3rd districts, all Republican.

Since the Democratic 7th district serves Indianapolis, I-65, I-70, I-74 and I-465 all runs through some of that and Republican districts in the rest of the state. I-69 will join this list of highways once Section 6 is completed.

I-80/90 run through the aforementioned 1st District as well as the Republican 2nd and 3rd Districts.

[debragga]

I-2 has got to be the bluest 2DI, if it counts as a 2DI

[Bruce]

I-27 is clearly the reddest 2di. What would be the bluest 2di? I-97?

Otherwise-blue Maryland has a Republican governor. How about I-88 (both of them)? Or I-82?

Besides, does I-97 even enter any cities?

Wouldn't I-5 qualify? All 3 states it traverses are fairly blue to say the least.

Washington and Oregon are deep red if you leave the major urban centers. That said, they aren't populated enough to be independent of the urban districts, so the average might turn out to be bluer than others.

[GCrites]

Saw this for sale at the supermarket yesterday and had to chuckle. It does seem kinda silly sitting there with "Election Edition" two inches high in your face.