West Virginia
Racial Representation Of the total voting population of 648,100, 3.1% are black and 0.7% are Latino.  There are currently no blacks or Latinos representing West Virginia.  Because the racial minority percentages are so low, no racial minority could control their representation.
Political Analysis In the 2000 Presidential election, George W. Bush won West Virginia with 52% of the vote over Al Gore's 46%.  The state's Democratic partisanship is 47.2%.  Despite making up nearly half of West Virginia's voters, Democrats are competitive in only one of the three current congressional districts.  Under the proposed super districting plan, voters would likely elect one Democrat and one Republican with one representative who could come from either party.

 

SUPER DISTRICT A - THREE SEATS
     

            2000 Presidential Vote

     % Black % Latino
State CD Bush (%) Gore (%) Other (%) Total Origin Origin
West Virginia 1 122827 (54.0%) 97432 (42.8%) 7399 (3.3%) 227658 1.7% 0.7%
West Virginia 2 118839 (54.0%) 96524 (43.8%) 4787 (2.2%) 220150 3.6% 0.8%
West Virginia 3 94809 (47.3%) 101541 (50.7%) 3942 (2.0%) 200292 4.1% 0.6%
Total   336475 (51.9%) 295497 (45.6%) 16128 (2.5%) 648100 3.1% 0.7%

Winning Percentage:

25%
Voting Rights Analysis: No racial minority could control their representation.
District Partisanship: 47.2% This super district would likely elect one Democrat and one
Republican with one swing seat.

 

This proposal is based on the current congressional districts of West Virginia.  Because West Virginia has only three congressional districts, all were combined into one super district.