538data/slanted-maps

SLANTED-MAPS HED TKTK

This repo contains the data behind the story SLANTED-MAPS HED TKTK. There is one csv file in this repo: slanted-maps.csv.

Header	Definition
state_abbr	Two-letter state abbreviation.
state_name	Full state name.
rep_map	Link to the most Republican-favorable map proposed in the 2020 census redistricting cycle in this state, as analyzed in FiveThirtyEight's Redistricting Tracker.
rep_map_r_districts	Number of Republican-leaning districts in the most Republican-favored proposed map.
rep_map_d_districts	Number of Democratic-leaning districts in the most Republican-favored proposed map.
rep_map_c_districts	Number of highly competitive districts in the most Republican-favored proposed map.
rep_map_avg_r_chances	Mean of Republicans' odds of winning each district in the most Republican-favored proposed map.
rep_map_avg_d_chances	Mean of Democrats' odds of winning each district in the most Republican-favored proposed map.
rep_map_median_pvi	Difference between the partisan lean of the most Republican-favored proposed map’s median district and the partisan lean of the state as a whole. Values more favorable to Democrats are coded as positive; values more favorable to Republicans are coded as negative.
dem_map	Link to the most Democratic-favorable map proposed in the 2020 census redistricting cycle in this state, as analyzed in FiveThirtyEight's Redistricting Tracker.
dem_map_r_districts	Number of Republican-leaning districts in the most Democratic-favored proposed map.
dem_map_d_districts	Number of Democratic-leaning districts in the most Democratic-favored proposed map.
dem_map_c_districts	Number of highly competitive districts in the most Democratic-favored proposed map.
dem_map_avg_r_chances	Mean of Republicans' odds of winning each district in the most Democratic-favored proposed map.
dem_map_avg_d_chances	Mean of Democrats' odds of winning each district in the most Democratic-favored proposed map.
dem_map_median_pvi	Difference between the partisan lean of the most Democratic-favored proposed map’s median district and the partisan lean of the state as a whole. Values more favorable to Democrats are coded as positive; values more favorable to Republicans are coded as negative.
com_map	Link to the most competitive map proposed in the 2020 census redistricting cycle in this state, as analyzed in FiveThirtyEight's Redistricting Tracker.
com_map_r_districts	Number of Republican-leaning districts in the most competitive proposed map.
com_map_d_districts	Number of Democratic-leaning districts in the most competitive proposed map.
com_map_c_districts	Number of highly competitive districts in the most competitive proposed map.
com_map_avg_r_chances	Mean of Republicans' odds of winning each district in the most competitive proposed map.
com_map_avg_d_chances	Mean of Democrats' odds of winning each district in the most competitive proposed map.
com_map_median_pvi	Difference between the partisan lean of the most competitive proposed map’s median district and the partisan lean of the state as a whole. Values more favorable to Democrats are coded as positive; values more favorable to Republicans are coded as negative.