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The partisan breakdown of this proposed map in Washington
Status:Tabled
partisan lean of districts:
There are 5 Democratic-leaning seats, 3 Republican-leaning seats and 2 highly competitive seats in this proposed map.Change from old map: -1 Democratic-leaning seat, +1 highly competitive seat.
The competitiveness and fairness of Washington's maps
Median seat
Difference between the partisan lean of the state’s median district and the state as a whole.
| New map | R+2.4 |
| Final commission plan | R+2.4 |
| State House Democratic Caucus appointee plan | R+2.5 |
| State Senate Democratic Caucus appointee plan | R+2.6 |
| Old map | R+2.8 |
| State Senate Republican Caucus appointee plan | R+7.7 |
| State House Republican Caucus appointee plan | R+8.4 |
Efficiency gap
Difference between each party’s share of “wasted votes” — those that don’t contribute to a candidate winning.
| Old map | D+2.1 |
| New map | D+1.6 |
| Final commission plan | D+1.6 |
| State House Democratic Caucus appointee plan | D+1.6 |
| State Senate Democratic Caucus appointee plan | D+1.6 |
| State Senate Republican Caucus appointee plan | D+1.5 |
| State House Republican Caucus appointee plan | R+8.2 |
Competitiveness
The number of districts in the state whose partisan leans are between R+5 and D+5.
| State Senate Republican Caucus appointee plan | 2/10 |
| Old map | 1/10 |
| Final commission plan | 1/10 |
| New map | 1/10 |
| State House Republican Caucus appointee plan | 1/10 |
| State House Democratic Caucus appointee plan | 0/10 |
| State Senate Democratic Caucus appointee plan | 0/10 |
The demographic and partisan breakdown of this proposed map in Washington
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Other
| District | Partisan lean | Racial makeup |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | D+35 | |
| 2nd | D+7 | |
| 3rd | R+11 | |
| 4th | R+25 | |
| 5th | R+16 | |
| 6th | D+3 | |
| 7th | D+72 | |
| 8th | R+4 | |
| 9th | D+34 | |
| 10th | D+18 |
The racial makeup of each district is of the voting-age population.
The latest in Washington
The Washington Legislature has approved the congressional map drawn by the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, with a few minor tweaks. The new map is now law.
Washington’s state Supreme Court ruled Dec. 3 that the final maps approved by the commission can move forward. The commission had failed to meet a Nov. 15 deadline to redraw the state’s congressional and state legislative maps, prompting the Washington Supreme Court to take up the task, as required by state law. However, the court said that because the commission had voted to adopt the map by the constitutional deadline, and only missed the deadline to transmit the map to the state legislature by 13 minutes, it “substantially complied with the statute.”
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The Washington Supreme Court adopted the Redistricting Commission's maps, holding the Commission "substantially complied with the essential purpose of [its mandate]" even though it missed its statutory deadline. The maps now move to the state legislature where they must be approved by a two-thirds vote in each chamber within the first 30 days of the next legislative session, which begins on Jan. 10, 2022.
The Washington State Redistricting Commission failed to approve new congressional and state legislative maps by the state law-mandated Nov. 15 deadline. According to state law (RCW 44.05.100), the state supreme court must now draw the maps by April 30, 2022.
The Washington State Redistricting Commission published "final" congressional and legislative maps on its website one day after the authority for adopting new maps shifted from the Commission to the state supreme court.
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Who controls redistricting in Washington right now?
Neither party fully controls the congressional redistricting process. New maps are drawn and enacted by a bipartisan commission made up of citizens, but the Democratic state legislature can slightly modify the commission's map with a two-thirds vote.
All of the other proposed maps in Washington
| Map | Plan | Partisan breakdown |
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| Final commission plan | ||
| State Senate Republican Caucus appointee plan | ||
| State Senate Democratic Caucus appointee plan | ||
| State House Republican Caucus appointee plan | ||
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