Redistricting terms related specifically to geography and drawing maps.
Block Assignment File The file format for many of the geographic products that the Census Bureau provides to states and other data users containing the small area census data necessary for leg...
Redistricting terms related specifically to the redistricting and electoral process.
Alternative Population Base A count other than total population from the federal decennial census that is used for redistricting. Apportionment After each Decennial Census, the populat...
Redistricting control as of January 18, 2023.
Congressional Redistricting Republican Control (20 States - 187 Seats): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas**, Kentucky**, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska...
In the United States, the responsibility for redistricting (the redrawing of election districts) is given to the state legislatures under Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution. After each dece...
In August 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input and suggestions from the public on the operational design of the 2030 Census. The 2020 Census was p...
A constitutional amendment heralded as the gold-standard of redistricting reform leads to nothing but confusion and chaos
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How a redistricting showdown between North Carolina’s General Assembly and courts led to one of the US Supreme Court’s most hotly debated cases this term
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The story of the most dramatic redistricting process of the 2021 Redistricting Cycle. How a commission under assault and a constitutional conundrum led to a fair map for New Yorkers.
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Exploring Maryland's contentious redistricting process, the state's new precedent against partisan gerrymandering, a look into compactness measures, and if Maryland’s new map complies with that new precedent
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The Cook Partisan Voter Index (PVI) has historically utilized the two-party presidential results of the last two previous elections, weighted equally, to calculate each cycle's PVI. Last week,...
An in-depth look at Alabama's new congressional map, the litigation that followed, and what the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling could mean for the future of redistricting
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