Author: Emma Leeds Armstrong
Redistricting Principle(s) Prioritized: Proportional Representation
Date: Apr 1, 2022
This plan prioritizes proportional representation based on Virginia’s 2020 presidential and senate election results. It is important to note that Virginia law prohibits the use of partisan data in redistricting, so this map is noncompliant because it was drawn based on 2020 senate and presidential election data. In 2020, Senator Mark Warner outperformed President Biden, capturing 56% of statewide vote share to Biden’s 54%. This plan reflects that split, creating 5 safe Democratic seats, 4 safe Republican seats, one Republican-leaning seat, and one competitive seat.