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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain why Takoma Park and North Bethesda are included in this long and narrow strip?  Is it for white, hispanic, or black voters to vote together?  [/quote]

Are you asking why proposed district [something] runs primarily east-west, parallel to the district proposed for Bethesda/Potomac and the district proposed for Gaithersburg/Rockville? My guess is that it's primarily geometry. That's the space left between those proposed districts and the proposed east county district.

Incidentally, it would be really great to have a map that wasn't a screenshot/photo...[/quote]

Here is an interactive zoomable version of the final map:
Here is interactive zoomable version of map

https://gismontgomery.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e74800c960094a05a4f88a45586fc634

The reason for this odd shape is that once you have a AA plurality east distirct, Hispanic plurality Wheaton district, the only choices for the SS/Tpk distirct is to do this or cut up parts of Chevy Chase and Bethesda.

We discussed a few reasons in meetings about why this makes a bit of sense… that distirct runs northwest along a train line, has a lot of transit focused areas, and SS / North Bethesda are the bookends in terms of population centers in this district and both have lots large buildings with lots of renters/condos.

I do feel along the middle it gets a little too thin for my taste but otherwise I had a pretty similar district on my map that didn’t get selected.

Commissioner Jason Makstein 
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