Washington

House Districts: 9
Voting Age Population
  2002:    4,537,000
  2000:    4,368,000 
  1998:
    4,257,000
  1990:    3,605,305
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Commission
Presidential Vote  
  2000:   Gore 50, Bush 45, Nader 4
  1996:   Clinton 50, Dole 37, Perot 9  
  1992:   Clinton 43, Bush 32, Perot 24
U.S. House: 6 Dem, 3 GOP
Seat Changes '02: 0
Facts in Focus:
  Washington 1982 to 2002

 
How Washington Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 19th
Margin of Victory: 11th  
Landslide Index: 13th
Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 24th
Representation Index: 35th
Voter Participation: 23rd
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.
 


   

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 Democracy Index

23.6

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 Voter Turnout

38.3%

 

 

 

 

 Representation Index

23.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

38.5%

 

 

 

 

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

54.2 / 21.5

 

 

 

 

 Drop-Off Voters

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

26.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

45-52-3

 

 

 

 

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

33.3-66.7-0

 

 

 

 Seat Changes

0

 

 

 

 

 High % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 

 Low % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 


1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 Democracy Index

��

��

18.8

10.2

18.4

 Voter Turnout

62%

42%

51%

44%

54.5%

 Representation Index

36.2%

24.6%

30.9%

27.3%

32.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

41%

42%

42%

37%

33.2%

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

83 / 7

15 / 69

22 / 58

40 / 31

60.1 / 23

 Drop-Off Voters

2.8%

.8%

3.5%

1.6%

4.2%

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

20%

17%

17%

28%

22.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

41�56�3

51�49�.4

47�52�1

44�53�3

36.7�52.9�6.4

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

11�89�0

78�22�0

67�33�0

44�56�0

33�67�0

 Seat Changes

��

6

1

2

1

 High % Turnout, District

��

54 (5)

67 (8)

58 (8)

74.6 (2)

 Low % Turnout, District

��

38 (9)

53 (9)

44 (9)

60.4 (4)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 U.S. House (R�D)

3-6

 

 

 

 

 Landslide Index

66.7%

 

 

 

 

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

 

 

 

 

 Competitive: 5-10

0

 

 

 

 

 Comfortable: 10-20

2

 

 

 

 

 Landslide: 20-40

5

 

 

 

 

 No Contest: 40+

1

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested

0

 

 

 

 

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

9 / 9

 

 

 

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

9 / 9

 

 

 

 

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

6 / 9

 

 

 

 

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

3 / 3

 

 

 

 

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

3 / 6

 

 

 

 

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

3

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested Primary

6

 

 

 

 

 Elected Women

1

 

 

 

 

 Elected Minorities

0

 

 

 

 

Results 1992-2000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 U.S. House (R-D)

1�8

7�2

6�3

4�5

3�6

 Landslide Index

33%

22%

33%

44%

55.5%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

3

3

0

1

 Competitive: 5-10

1

3

2

2

0

 Comfortable: 10-20

4

1

1

3

3

 Landslide: 20-40

2

0

2

2

4

 No Contest: 40+

1

2

1

1

0

 Uncontested

0

0

0

1

1

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

5 / 9

8 / 9

9 / 9

8 / 9

8 / 9

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

5 / 5

3 / 8

8 / 9

7 / 8

8 / 8

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

2 / 5

2 / 8

3 / 9

4 / 8

5 / 8

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

NA

1 / 1

1 / 7

1 / 5

2 / 3

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

2 / 5

1 / 7

2 / 2

3 / 3

3 / 5

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

2

2

2

3

5

 Uncontested Primary

0

0

0

8

7

 Elected Women

3

2

2

1

1

 Elected Minorities

0

0

0

0

0


 
 Results 1982-1990 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
 U.S. House (R-D)

3�5

3�5

3�5

3�5

3�5

 Landslide Index

88%

88%

88%

75%

50%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

0

1

1

1

 Competitive: 5-10

0

0

0

0

2

 Comfortable: 10-20

1

1

0

1

1

 Landslide: 20-40

5

3

1

0

2

 No Contest: 40+

2

4

6

5

2

 Uncontested

0

0

0

1

0

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

7 / 8

7 / 8

8 / 8

6 / 8

8 / 8

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

7 / 7

7 / 7

8 / 8

6 / 6

8 / 8

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

7 / 7

7 / 7

 7 / 8

5 / 6

4 / 8

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

2 / 2

2 / 2

2 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 3

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

5 / 5

5 / 5

5 / 5

3 / 3

3 / 5

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

3

6

7

5

4

 Uncontested Primary

3

4

7

1

0

 Elected Women

0

0

0

1

1

 Elected Minorities

0

0

0

0

0

 
Facts in Focus for Washington 1982 to 2002
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