Once again, I'm looking at New York, my home state. As I examine Nate Silver's data (see below), I noticed that the upstate seat is spread out. Since upstate's losses are greatest in the west, it makes sense for a district to be lost nearer Buffalo and Rochester than the Hudson Valley. However, since that region lost representation last round, I moved the lost upstate seat to central New York. As downstate also needs to lose a seat, I eliminated one in Long Island. True, most of the districts that had the greatest population losses in downstate are VRA seats in the city, but I won't dismantle them yet. Also, New York City still maintains current representation.
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NY-27: 62.7% Obama, 37.8% McCain [Higgins]
NY-26: 45.9% Obama, 52.4% McCain [Hochul]
NY-04: 57.8% Obama, 40.9% McCain [Slaughter]
NY-25: 48.0% Obama, 50.5% McCain [Reed or Buerkle]
NY-24: 54.6% Obama, 43.5% McCain [Hanna]
NY-23: 52.8% Obama, 45.5% McCain [Owens]
NY-22: 57.4% Obama, 41.0% McCain [Hinchey]
NY-21: 57.8% Obama, 40.4% McCain [Tonko]
NY-20: 49.2% Obama, 49.0% McCain [Gibson]
NY-19: 50.8% Obama, 48.1% McCain [Hayworth]
NY-18: 59.0% Obama, 40.2% McCain [Lowey]
NY-17: 70.3% Obama, 29.1% McCain [Engel] (VAP: 42.7% White)
NY-16: 91.0% Obama, 8.7% McCain [Serrano] (VAP: 55.7% Hispanic)
NY-15: 90.0% Obama, 9.5% McCain [Rangel] (VAP: 56.3% Hispanic)
NY-14: 82.0% Obama, 17.2% McCain [Maloney]
NY-13: 49.2% Obama, 50.0% McCain [Grimm]
NY-12: 81.9% Obama, 17.4% McCain [Velázquez] (VAP: 54.8% Hispanic)
NY-11: 91.6% Obama, 7.8% McCain [Clarke] (VAP: 51.3% Black)
NY-10: 91.9% Obama, 7.6% McCain [Townes] (VAP: 51.0% Black)
NY-09: 45.9% Obama, 53.3% McCain [Turner]
NY-08: 86.4% Obama, 12.6% McCain [Nadler]
NY-07: 64.6% Obama, 34.6% McCain [Crowley] (VAP: 39.1% White, 35.8% Asian)
NY-06: 82.6% Obama, 17.1% McCain [Meeks] (VAP: 52.5% Black)
NY-05: 59.2% Obama, 40.1% McCain [Ackerman or McCarthy]
NY-03: 49.5% Obama, 49.7% McCain [King]
NY-02: 53.1% Obama, 46.1% McCain [Israel]
NY-01: 51.4% Obama, 47.6% McCain [Bishop]
So, five districts that are clearly McCain seats, and five seats that Obama won that I think are GOP friendly (49-53.5% Obama). The remaining 17 districts are Democratic (54% or greater Obama).
I know I broke some traditions, like separating Utica and Rome as well as Corning and Elmira-Horseheads. I also suspect that Israel's district will be strengthened to a greater degree than the one I have above.