Next calendar week the Supreme Court volition listen the instance of Evenwel v. Abbott. The instance is close a challenge to the Texas Legislature’s innovation for position down Senate districts. The lawsuit of the instance could alter Districts across the whole of the United States, yesteryear ruling that Districts tin mail away alone count eligible voters rather than the whole population (excluding non-voters, such equally children together with non-citizens).
If the Court rules for the plaintiff, virtually all districting plans inwards the USA would remove to travel redrawn, together with children together with non-citizens would no longer count equally constituents to represent. Social Explorer has created an interactive map which shows yous how many people inwards each Congressional District, State Senate District together with State House District would non travel represented if the plaintiff wins.
The map provides a choropleth persuasion of each District inwards the United States, which each District colored based on the percent of the population who would non travel represented if Evenwel wins. If yous click on a district on The Threat to Representation for Children together with Non-Citizens map yous tin mail away persuasion the percent of people who would non travel represented together with the percent of children together with non-citizens inwards the District.
