Missouri

House Districts: 9
Voting Age Population
2002:   4,261,000
2000:   4,105,000
1998:   4,042,000
1990:    3,802,247
Redistricting, 2001-2002
   Divided

Presidential Vote
2000:   Gore 47, Bush 50, Nader 2
1996:   Clinton 48, Dole 41, Perot 10
1992:   Clinton 44, Bush 34, Perot 22
U.S. House: 5 GOP, 4 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 0
Facts in Focus:
Missouri 1982 to 2002

How Missouri Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 4^th Margin of Victory: 28^th Landslide Index: 37^th	Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 2^nd Representation Index: 11^th Voter Participation: 12^th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Democracy Index
17.8

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Voter Turnout
43.4%

Representation Index
29.3%

Wasted Votes
32.4%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
26.1 / 37.2

Drop-Off Voters
1.5%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
37.0%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
53-45-2

Seats for (R�D�O%)
56-44-0

Seat Changes
0

High % Turnout, District
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Low % Turnout, District
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1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

Democracy Index
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19.8

23.6

14.1

Voter Turnout
62%

45%

53%

39%

56.6%

Representation Index
36.8%

25.1%

32.7%

26.1%

36%

Wasted Votes
40%

45%

39%

33%

36.4%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
55 / 26

52 / 35

38 / 34

34 / 29

25.9 / 43.9

Drop-Off Voters
1.8%

.5%

2%

.3%

1.4%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
22%

26%

27%

37%

30.6%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
44�54�2

47�51�2

45�53�3

48�50�2

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Seats for (R�D�O%)
33�67�0

33�67�0

44�56�0

44�56�0

56�44�0

Seat Changes
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0

1

0

1

High % Turnout, District
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55 (2)

60 (9)

48 (2)

69.9 (9)

Low % Turnout, District
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37 (1)

45 (1)

30 (1)

47.3 (1)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

U.S. House (R�D)
5-4

Landslide Index
100%

Scale of Competitiveness

Tight: < 5
0

Competitive: 5-10
0

Comfortable: 10-20
0

Landslide: 20-40
6

No Contest: 40+
3

Uncontested
0

Incumbents

Total Running / Total Seats
9 / 9

Re-Election / Total Incumbent
9 / 9

Landslide / Total Incumbent
9 / 9

R. Landslide / R. Incumbent
5 / 5

D. Landslide / D. Incumbent
4 / 4

Untouchable Repeat Landslide
8

Uncontested Primary
5

Elected Women
2

Elected Minorities
1B

Results 1992-2000	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
U.S. House (R�D)	3�6	3�6	4�5	4�5	5�4
Landslide Index	67%	56%	78%	89%	66.7%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	2	1	1	0	1
Competitive: 5-10	0	0	0	0	0
Comfortable: 10-20	1	3	1	1	2
Landslide: 20-40	5	4	6	3	2
No Contest: 40+	1	1	1	5	4
Uncontested	0	0	0	0	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	9 / 9	8 / 9	6 / 9	9 / 9	6 / 9
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	7 / 9	8 / 8	6 / 6	9 / 9	6 / 6
Landslide / Total Incumbent	6 / 9	5 / 8	5 / 6	8 / 9	6 / 6
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	2 / 3	2 / 3	1 / 1	4 / 4	3 / 3
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	4 / 6	3 / 5	4 / 5	4 / 5	3 / 3
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	3	3	4	6	5
Uncontested Primary	0	3	3	6	4
Elected Women	1	2	3	3	2
Elected Minorities	2B	1B	1B	1B	1B

Results 1982-1990	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990
U.S. House (R�D)	3�6	3�6	4�5	4�5	3�6
Landslide Index	33%	78%	56%	67%	33%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	1	1	1	0	3
Competitive: 5-10	1	1	1	1	0
Comfortable: 10-20	4	0	2	2	3
Landslide: 20-40	2	5	3	3	3
No Contest: 40+	1	1	1	3	0
Uncontested	0	1	1	0	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	9 / 9	9 / 9	9 / 9	8 / 9	9 / 9
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	8 / 9	9 / 9	8 / 9	8 / 8	8 / 9
Landslide / Total Incumbent	3 / 9	7 / 9	5 / 9	6 / 8	3 / 9
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	0 / 4	3 / 3	1 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 4
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	3 / 5	4 / 6	4 / 6	5 / 5	3 / 5
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	2	2	5	4	3
Uncontested Primary	5	5	7	6	4
Elected Women	0	0	0	0	1
Elected Minorities	2B	2B	2B	2B	2B

Facts in Focus for Missouri 1982 to 2002
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