Synopses & Reviews
This important new edition combines results for elections since 2000 and new district lines with new demographic data for every legislative district in every state. It also includes concise and informative essays on each state that provide valuable historical perspective. The volume combines tables, maps, and narrative to present a detail-rich portrait of the data presented. The Almanac of State Legislative Elections, Third Edition should be a staple of any library collection that supports research on state voting and elections from a scholarly or professional perspective. Researchers will find, for the first time in one volume:
- State-by-state, district-by-district election results from 2000-2006 for every state legislature
- Up-to-date (2006) demographic data for each legislative district measuring key statistics, including:
- Average household income - Percentage at poverty line
- Educational background - Race
- Over 260 maps showing district boundaries, including state house and senate districts plus detail maps on urban areas
- Convenient one-page overviews of each state's electoral and demographic history, providing context to the data presented
Synopsis
The Almanac of State Legislative Elections, Third Edition combines detailed, state-by-state, district-by-district election results for the nation's 6,744 state legislative districts with a wide range of socioeconomic data for each district to present a comprehensive portrait of voting and demographic trends across the nation. This new edition features data from 2000 through 2006, covering the most recent trends and updates to district lines. It includes extensive state-by-state analyses and 290 maps of the district boundaries. Inside, researchers will find:
- An introductory overview of the major trends in all 50 states and their legislative districts
- In-depth data from each state showing the voting results and demographic changes in each of the districts from 2000 through 2006
- Concise and informative essays on each state that offer context to the data presented and provide valuable historical perspective and analyze current major electoral and demographic changes
- Over 290 color maps showing district boundaries for state House and Senate districts, plus detail maps on urban areas and population that show how much each district has gained or lost in population during the period
- Statistical tables for each state, showing district-by-district population changes, along with up-to-date (2006) demographic data measuring average household income, degree of higher education, percent above/below the poverty line, and ethnic/racial mix
This unique and valuable work is the only resource to bring together district maps, elections results, and demographics for all 50 states in one source.