Republicans have complete control in redistricting Virginia. But here is how I would draw it. It has clean lines and good communities of interest. And it would elect 8 Democrats and 3 Republicans in a decent Democratic year. All districts are within 1% of the ideal population.
District Numbers
The Tidewater district gets to be first. From there the numbers go clockwise around the state. Each district borders the one before it and the one after it.
Key
Population is the deviation from the ideal (727,366).
Demographics is the % of the voting age population (as of the 2010 census, according to Dave's App) that is white, black, Hispanic, and Asian, respectively.
Voting is the % of the 2-party vote (according to Dave's App) that Obama won, and that the average statewide Democrat in the past few years won (including Deeds 2009 who got his ass kicked).
Rating is my non-scientific opinion of the district's chance of electing a Democrat or a Republican.
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