Hawaii is one of the only states with more than one House seat where congressional district lines don’t matter all that much. At the most basic level, Hawaii is a very Democratic state. Joe Biden won it by 30 points, 64 percent to 34 percent, in 2020 and the GOP presidential nominee hasn’t won Hawaii […]
In 2011, the last vestiges of the Democratic legislative majority in Arkansas drew a congressional map aimed to send at least two Democrats in Congress even as the party was in freefall. The plan backfired, and after the 2012 elections, Republicans held all four of the state’s seats. But later in the decade, political trends […]
With a Democratic governor and a GOP-controlled legislature, redistricting in Wisconsin was destined to be settled by the court system — especially given how acrimonious the relationship is between Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans in Madison. But most of the drama was taken out of the redistricting process several months ago when the Wisconsin Supreme […]
With a Democratic governor and GOP-controlled legislature, Pennsylvania’s redistricting process was bound for the courts from the beginning. Democrats even filed lawsuits preemptively in the commonwealth to prepare for that possibility. After Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed the legislature’s map, the courts stepped in. First, a conservative lower court judge acting as a special master recommended […]
South Carolina’s new congressional map, approved in late January, will likely entrench Republicans’ electoral advantage for the next decade. Compared to the outgoing districts, the new lines saw minimal changes — a conscious decision on the part of GOP mapmakers — with the most noticeable differences in the 1st District, which is now more favorable […]