METHODOLOGY
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Chance of being represented by either party
100% D
100% R
| Usually Democratic districts | Highly competitive districts | Usually Republican districts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current |
| Usually Democratic districts | Highly competitive districts | Usually Republican districts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current |
Party probabilities
Every district by the chance it will be represented by either party
| Democratic gerrymander | ||
| Current | ||
| Proportionally partisan | ||
| Highly competitive | ||
| Compact (borders) | ||
| Majority minority | ||
| Compact (algorithmic) | ||
| Republican gerrymander | ||
How the maps compare on district competitiveness, minority makeup, respect for local borders, compactness and the efficiency gap, an attempt to gauge how politically gerrymandered a set of districts is
Efficiency gap
A measure of “wasted” votes, by the size of the advantage and which party it favors
| Compact (borders) | R+2% |
| Competitive | R+2% |
| Proportional | R+2% |
| Majority minority | R+5% |
| Current | R+6% |
| Dem. gerrymander | D+8% |
| Compact (algorithmic) | R+11% |
| GOP gerrymander | R+18% |
Competitive districts
Number of districts in which both parties have at least a 1-in-6 chance of winning
| Proportional | 10 |
| Competitive | 10 |
| Compact (borders) | 6 |
| Compact (algorithmic) | 5 |
| Majority minority | 5 |
| Current | 3 |
| Dem. gerrymander | 1 |
| GOP gerrymander | 0 |
Majority-nonwhite districts
Number of districts in which a majority of the voting-age population is nonwhite
| Majority minority | 6 |
| Current | 4 |
| Compact (algorithmic) | 4 |
| Proportional | 4 |
| GOP gerrymander | 4 |
| Dem. gerrymander | 4 |
| Competitive | 4 |
| Compact (borders) | 3 |
County splits
Number of times a map divides counties into different congressional districts
| Compact (borders) | 16 |
| Competitive | 24 |
| Proportional | 24 |
| GOP gerrymander | 26 |
| Majority minority | 29 |
| Current | 39 |
| Dem. gerrymander | 42 |
| Compact (algorithmic) | 69 |
Compactness rank
Rank by the total length of district boundaries, from shortest to longest
| Compact (borders) | 1 |
| Majority minority | 2 |
| Competitive | 3 |
| Proportional | 3 |
| GOP gerrymander | 5 |
| Compact (algorithmic) | 6 |
| Dem. gerrymander | 7 |
| Current | 8 |
The racial or ethnic makeup of each district and each district’s likelihood of being represented by a member of a racial or ethnic minority, based on election results since 2006
White
African-American
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Pacific Islander
Other
Minority coalition
| Share of population by race | Chance of being represented by a ... | Chance of being represented by a ... | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | District | Majority Race | 0% 50% 100% | Minority member | Democrat | Republican | ||||
| 1st | African-American | 91% | >99% | <1% | ||||||
| 2nd | African-American | 94% | >99% | <1% | ||||||
| 3rd | White | 10% | 86% | 14% | ||||||
| 4th | Hispanic/ Latino | 93% | >99% | <1% | ||||||
| 5th | White | 8% | >99% | <1% | ||||||
| 6th | White | 2% | 37% | 63% | ||||||
| 7th | Minority coalition | 93% | >99% | <1% | ||||||
| 8th | White | 9% | 93% | 7% | ||||||
| 9th | White | 7% | >99% | <1% | ||||||
| 10th | White | 8% | 96% | 4% | ||||||
| 11th | White | 12% | 94% | 6% | ||||||
| 12th | White | 4% | 18% | 82% | ||||||
| 13th | White | 2% | 29% | 71% | ||||||
| 14th | White | 2% | 17% | 83% | ||||||
| 15th | White | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||||||
| 16th | White | 1% | 8% | 92% | ||||||
| 17th | White | 3% | 68% | 32% | ||||||
| 18th | White | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||||||
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