Background In the last installment of this series, we discussed how a legislative (specifically, the state House) redistricting plan might look if a partisan Democratic (and a Republican) redistricter were to draw the lines, given recent population estimates. In this final installment, we will redraw the state’s Senate districts. Given the change in voter registration […]
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RSS feed for this sectionFantasy redistricting – Part IV (B) (Louisiana House of Representatives – detailed maps)
In the last installment of the series, we examined what partisan redistricting plans would look like for the Louisiana House of Representatives. In this installment, we would like to display the more detailed metropolitan maps for those plans.
Fantasy redistricting – Part IV (Louisiana House)
Background In the last installment of this series, we discussed how a Congressional redistricting plan might look if a partisan Democratic (and a Republican) redistricter were to draw the lines, given recent population estimates. In this installment, we will redraw the state’s House districts. Given the change in voter registration between April 2010 (when the US […]
Fantasy redistricting – Part III (US House)
Background In the last installment of this series, we discussed how a Supreme Court redistricting plan might look if a partisan Democratic (and a Republican) redistricter were to draw the lines, given recent population estimates.
Fantasy redistricting – Part II (Louisiana Supreme Court)
Background In the first installment of this series, we discussed the basics of redistricting. In this installment, we will put this theory into practice by developing a hypothetical map for the Louisiana Supreme Court, given current population estimates.
Fantasy redistricting – Part I (Introduction)
In the political world, redistricting/reapportionment are the least understood parts of politics. This mystery is due to several factors: (1) this process is only undertaken once a decade upon release of the US Census population figures, (2) it is very much a politically charged exercise, and (3) only politicians (and their connected operatives) can really […]
Ground Zero: Is Baton Rouge City Court a test case for the Voting Rights Act ?
The issue of appropriate minority representation in the legislative and judicial branches of Louisiana government is one that has been litigated for decades, and that litigation has surfaced again, in light of the US Supreme Court’s repealing one of the provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The repealed provision (also known as “Section 4”) […]
Reapportionment 2020 – early (January 2013) projections
Introduction Every 10 years, states are required to redraw their Congressional and legislative boundaries to reflect population changes that have occurred in the previous decade. Louisiana’s legislature participated in this exercise in the spring of 2011. There was definitely a time pressure to get a plan passed and implemented: Louisiana (and a handful of other […]
Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House districts at a glance
Since we have now analyzed all 105 House districts, we’d like to put all those districts in one place for easy access (Senate districts can be accessed here):
Louisiana 2011 Legislative Analysis – House District 70
Incumbent – Franklin Foil (R – Term Limited in 2019) District Map Vote History