Texas

House Districts: 32
Voting Age Population
  2002:   15,704,000
  2000:   14,850,000
  1998:   14,299,000
1990:   12,150,671
Redistricting, 2001-2002
Monopoly (R) / Courts / VRA

Presidential Vote
2000:    Gore 38, Bush 59, Nader 2
1996:    Clinton 44, Dole 49, Perot 7
1992:    Clinton 37, Bush 41, Perot 22
U.S. House: 17 Dem, 15 GOP
Seat Changes '02: 2 (+2R)
Facts in Focus:
Texas 1982 to 2002

How State Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 45^th Margin of Victory: 35^th Landslide Index: 19^th	Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 17^th Representation Index: 47^th Voter Participation: 49^th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Democracy Index
33.0

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Voter Turnout
27.4%

Representation Index
19.4%

Wasted Votes
29.2%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
26.5 / 28.0

Drop-Off Voters
5.1%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
42.8%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
53-44-3

Seats for (R�D�O%)
47-53-0

Seat Changes
2 (+2R)

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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33.8

33.8

33.9

Voter Turnout
46%

31%

37%

24%

40.3%

Representation Index
31.9%

21.1%

23.3%

17.4%

28.7%

Wasted Votes
31%

32%

37%

28%

31.6%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
45 / 15

41 / 17

38 / 32

27 / 22

24.5 / 26.6

Drop-Off Voters
8.6%

6.2%

9.8%

7.4%

6.5%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
40%

36%

31%

46%

44.8%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
48�50�2

56�42�2

54�44�2

52�44�4

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Seats for (R�D�O%)
30�70�0

37�63�0

43�57�0

43�57�0

43�57�0

Seat Changes
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4

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High % Turnout, District
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49 (6)

64 (21)

43 (21)

80 (21)

Low % Turnout, District
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16 (29)

24 (29)

12 (29)

29.4 (20)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

U.S. House (R�D)
15-17

Landslide Index
75%

Scale of Competitiveness

Tight: < 5
3

Competitive: 5-10
0

Comfortable: 10-20
5

Landslide: 20-40
6

No Contest: 40+
18

Uncontested
9

Incumbents

Total Running / Total Seats
28 / 32

Re-Election / Total Incumbent
28 / 28

Landslide / Total Incumbent
22 / 28

R. Landslide / R. Incumbent
11 / 12

D. Landslide / D. Incumbent
11 / 16

Untouchable Repeat Landslide
17

Uncontested Primary
21

Elected Women
3

Elected Minorities
2B 6L

Results 1992-2000	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
U.S. House (R-D)	9�21	11�19	13�17	13�17	13�17
Landslide Index	80%	50%	60%	70%	83.3%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	1	2	3	0	0
Competitive: 5-10	0	3	3	1	1
Opportunity: 10-20	5	10	6	8	4
Landslide: 20-40	12	3	9	7	10
No Contest: 40+	9	7	9	3	6
Uncontested	3	5	0	11	9
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	27 / 30	27 / 30	22 / 30	29 / 30	29 / 30
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	26 / 27	25 / 27	21 / 22	29 / 29	29 / 29
Landslide / Total Incumbent	17 / 27	14 / 27	17 / 22	20 / 29	25 / 29
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	7 / 9	9 / 9	9 / 10	11 / 13	11 / 12
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	10 / 18	5 / 18	8 / 12	9 / 16	14 / 17
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	16	14	13	14	18
Uncontested Primary	18	17	10	24	23
Elected Women	1	2	3	3	2
Elected Minorities	2B 5L	2B 5L	2B 6L	2B 6L	2B 6L

Results 1982-1990	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990
U.S. House (R-D)	5�22	10�17	10�17	8�19	8�19
Landslide Index	81%	63%	85%	93%	81%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	1	2	1	1	0
Competitive: 5-10	0	1	0	1	2
Opportunity: 10-20	4	7	3	0	3
Landslide: 20-40	7	4	9	8	5
No Contest: 40+	15	4	7	12	5
Uncontested	0	9	7	5	12
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	21 / 27	23 / 27	26 / 27	26 / 27	26 / 27
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	21 / 21	20 / 23	26 / 26	25 / 26	26 / 26
Landslide / Total Incumbent	18 / 21	15 / 23	22 / 26	25 / 26	22 / 26
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	3 / 4	4 / 4	6 / 8	8 / 9	8 / 8
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	15 / 17	11 / 19	16 / 18	17 / 17	14 / 18
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	14	14	14	22	20
Uncontested Primary	14	17	21	24	24
Elected Women	0	0	0	0	0
Elected Minorities	1B 3L	1B 4L	1B 4L	1B 3L	1B 3L