{"id":1829562,"date":"2024-04-03T07:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T11:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1829562"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T11:48:55","slug":"adventures-in-midcycle-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/04\/adventures-in-midcycle-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Midcycle Redistricting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. congressional electoral map was redrawn after the 2020 census, but now parts are being redrawn again. ABC News has a page<\/a> tracking developments in what they call midcycle redistricting. \u201cMore than a half-dozen states face the prospect of having to go through the redistricting process again, mostly due to federal and\/or state litigation over racial or partisan gerrymandering concerns. Both Democrats and Republicans have the opportunity to flip seats in districts drawn more favorably than they were last cycle. For example, Democrats appear poised to pick up at least one seat in Alabama and could theoretically get more favorable maps in Louisiana and Georgia. Republicans, meanwhile, could benefit from more favorable 2024 maps in North Carolina and New Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. congressional electoral map was redrawn after the 2020 census, but now parts are being redrawn again. ABC News has a page tracking developments in what they call midcycle redistricting. \u201cMore than a half-dozen… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[849,534,535,158],"class_list":["post-1829562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-politics","tag-congress","tag-electoral-districts","tag-gerrymandering","tag-usa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1805693,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/how-redistricting-is-changing-the-congressional-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1829562,"position":0},"title":"How Redistricting Is Changing the Congressional Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 December 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"The Washington Post looks at how redistricting has changed the U.S. congressional electoral map so far. \u201cAs of Dec. 15, half of the 50 states have settled on the boundaries for 165 of 435 U.S. House districts. [...] The Washington Post is using the number of Trump and Biden voters\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1844975,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/09\/the-2024-u-s-presidential-election-mapped-at-the-precinct-level\/","url_meta":{"origin":1829562,"position":1},"title":"The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Mapped at the Precinct Level","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 September 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"VoteHub (screenshot) VoteHub has released a precinct-level map of the 2024 U.S. presidential election results that includes vote density as well as margin\u2014in other words, taking into account how many votes are in a district, not just by how much (tempering the fact of winning 90% of the vote in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/votehub-2024-us-presidential-election-precinct.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1791870,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/10\/a-redistricting-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1829562,"position":2},"title":"A Redistricting Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 October 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Gerrymandering in Texas The New York Times and Texas Monthly look at the bizarre shapes in the new congressional electoral map of Texas, which gains two new representatives. Texas Monthly\u2019s Dan Solomon: \u201cAcross the state, there will be one more majority-Anglo district than under the prior map, and one fewer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nytimes-texas-gerrymander-1024x485.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nytimes-texas-gerrymander-1024x485.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nytimes-texas-gerrymander-1024x485.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nytimes-texas-gerrymander-1024x485.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1791779,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/09\/the-washington-post-examines-proposed-congressional-district-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1829562,"position":3},"title":"The Washington Post Examines Proposed Congressional District Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 September 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Redistricting\u2014and gerrymandering\u2014is one of the blacker cartographic arts. With the release of data from the 2020 U.S. Census, and the changes in state congressional delegations\u2014some states gain a seat or two, some states lose a seat, others are unchanged\u2014new congressional maps are being drawn up for the 2022 elections. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/wapost-redistricting-2021-or-1024x377.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/wapost-redistricting-2021-or-1024x377.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/wapost-redistricting-2021-or-1024x377.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/wapost-redistricting-2021-or-1024x377.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3340,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/11\/gerrymandered-congressional-districts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1829562,"position":4},"title":"Gerrymandered Congressional Districts","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 November 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"In 2014 the\u00a0Washington Post\u2019s Christopher Ingraham reported on the\u00a0most gerrymandered congressional districts in the United States. The article was\u00a0accompanied by an\u00a0interactive map, showing the compactness score\u00a0Ingraham calculated for each district\u2014the more compact an electoral district, the less likely it's a gerrymander. 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