Redistricting in America

Redistricting, so the old saying goes, is when politicians get to choose their voters. Every ten years, following the national census, each state must redraw the constituency boundaries for both its members of Congress and its state legislators. In most states, the party in power controls both those processes...

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2010 was a wildly successful year for the Republican Party, especially in Wisconsin. Having secured the governor's office and comfy majorities in both houses of the state Legislature, the GOP can pass pretty much whatever...

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Washington will gain a 10th U.S. House seat in 2012 thanks to strong population growth over the past decade, making it one of the few Democratic-leaning states to see its political clout...

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Maine's population grew by 4.2 percent over the past decade, outpacing the Northeast growth rate by a full percent. That's according to new Census figures released today.

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Republicans have a massive advantage when it comes to control over the coming redistricting process. But after their equally large gains in the House earlier this month, adding winnable districts to the map...

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With Democrats in South Carolina already at perhaps their lowest point as a political party in state history, the looming prospect of the once-a-decade redrawing of the state’s electoral map could squeeze them even further...

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Despite gaining 12 percent more residents since 2000, Oregon will not gain an additional Congressional seat. The U.S. Census bureau’s numbers, released Tuesday, indicate that Oregon’s population increases didn’t keep pace with such states as Texas, which earned...

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Georgia will get a 14th seat in the U.S. House and an extra vote in the Electoral College in 2012 based on U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday. The census numbers show that the state's population...

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Florida has gained two congressional seats, according to the first 2010 U.S. Census figures, which were released Tuesday. How this will affect Southwest Florida will not be known for about 18 months.

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Despite a dramatic slowdown in Nevada’s population growth, and even some net out-migration for the first time in recent memory, the U.S. Census Bureau report today shows the state will gain a fourth congressional seat...

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Fresh off a major shift in power in the House, we might expect another volatile congressional election in 2012.

Here's why: this year, 25 races were decided by 3 percent or less in the major-party vote share (13 Democratic and 12 Republican) pending recounts and final vote totals. Another 30 were decided by three percent - eight percent (18 Democratic and 17 Republican). Forty-two more races were decided by just 8 percent - 12 percent (25 Democratic and 17 Republican).

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