Seats to Votes Distortion
Seats-to-Votes Distortion: The seats-to votes distortion
measures the extent to which one party wins a greater percentage of
seats than votes and the other party wins a smaller percentage of seats
than votes. It is determined by adding the percentage distortion for each party and
dividing by two. For example, if Democrats won 10% more seats than
votes and Republicans 6% fewer seats than votes, the distortion would
be 8%.Ranking | State | Seats-to-votes |
1 | New Jersey | 0.7% |
2 | Missouri | 1.1% |
3 | Wisconsin | 1.3% |
4 | Illinois | 1.4% |
5 | South Carolina | 1.7% |
6 | North Carolina | 2.8% |
7 | Minnesota | 3.0% |
8 | Texas | 6.3% |
9 | California | 7.1% |
10 | Colorado | 7.2% |
11 | Washington | 7.3% |
12 | Georgia | 7.6% |
13 | Utah | 7.9% |
14 | Tennessee | 8.5% |
15 | West Virginia | 8.6% |
16 | New York | 9.1% |
17 | Louisiana | 9.4% |
18 | Michigan | 9.5% |
19 | Virginia | 9.5% |
20 | Kansas | 10.4% |
21 | Arizona | 10.8% |
22 | Alabama | 11.1% |
23 | Nevada | 11.2% |
24 | Florida | 12.2% |
25 | Pennsylvania | 12.3% |
26 | Oklahoma | 12.3% |
27 | Mississippi | 14.5% |
28 | Ohio | 15.4% |
29 | Connecticut | 15.5% |
30 | Maryland | 15.8% |
31 | New Mexico | 18.5% |
32 | Massachusetts | 18.5% |
33 | Indiana | 19.9% |
34 | Kentucky | 20.6% |
35 | Arkansas | 20.7% |
36 | Iowa | 23.2% |
37 | Oregon | 24.6% |
38 | Alaska | 25.6% |
39 | Vermont | 28.2% |
40 | Rhode Island | 29.3% |
41 | Idaho | 29.9% |
42 | Delaware | 30.3% |
43 | Nebraska | 31.4% |
44 | Montana | 34.2% |
45 | Hawaii | 36.4% |
46 | New Hampshire | 38.3% |
47 | North Dakota | 40.4% |
48 | Maine | 40.5% |
49 | Wyoming | 43.3% |
50 | South Dakota | 46.3% |
US | USA | 2.3% |