Redistricting
Can Massachusetts GOP End Its 88 US House Seat Pick-Up Drought in Frank’s Open 4th CD?
Bay State Republicans have the second biggest dry spell in the nation and have picked off just 2 of 284 Democratic U.S. House seats since 1944.
Read MoreSignificant Partisan Shift Likely in 2012 US House Races
Redistricting cycles have seen the greatest net partisan advantage change in the US House over the last 100 years compared to election years ending in 0, 4, 6, or 8.
Read MoreHistory Says Wisconsin’s Freshmen GOP U.S. House Members Will be Safe in 2012
It has been 100 years since the last Wisconsin House freshman lost in a redistricting cycle
Read MoreKing vs. Latham Matchup Would Be 1 in 100 Event in Iowa GOP Politics
Only 1 pair of 101 Republican U.S. Representatives serving in a redistricting cycle has squared off in a renomination battle in Iowa history
Read MoreCould Walker Have Used Redistricting as a Stick to Keep Wisconsin Senate Democrats in Madison?
Would Senate Democrats have left the state in the first instance if they knew Wisconsin’s new legislative and congressional district maps could be created and voted on without any of their input?
Read MoreWisconsin Closes 3rd Least Competitive Congressional Redistricting Period in State History
Average margin of victory in Wisconsin’s U.S. House races since 2002 is 37.4 points – eclipsed by only two other redistricting periods
Read MoreEvent Highlights Redistricting from National, State, and Local Political Perspectives
Should Minnesota reduce its number of state legislative districts?
Read MoreRedistricting Historically Fails to Make Minnesota U.S. Representatives Vulnerable
Only 10 Representatives from Minnesota’s Congressional Districts have been defeated after redistricting in election years ending in ‘2’ since statehood
Read MoreHas Gerrymandering Lost Its Punch?
Current redistricting period has produced the closest relationship between votes received and seats won by party across the nation’s 435 U.S. House districts since the 1940s
Read MoreIs the Democratic Party ‘Overrepresented’ in the U.S. House?
Democratic candidates have won 772 more U.S. House seats since 1942 than their cumulative ‘proportional vote share,’ or 23 seats per election cycle; +27 seats in 2008
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