Virginia Election Shapefile

This shapefile was compiled by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and edited by the Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group (MGGG).

Sources

The precinct shapefile with election results comes from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. Demographic data at the block level are from IPUMS NHGIS. Shapefiles for Virginia’s congressional, delegate, and senate districts were downloaded from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Division of Legislative Services.

Processing

Demographic data were aggregated from the block level to precincts using MGGG’s proration software. Congressional, house, and senate district IDs were assigned to precincts also using this package.

Metadata

• precinct: Precinct name
• locality: Locality name
• loc_prec: Locality and precinct names
• district: Congressional district name
• G18DHOR: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic US House candidate
• G18DSEN: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic senate candidate
• G18OSEN: Number of votes for 2018 other senate candidates
• G18RHOR: Number of votes for 2018 Republican US House candidate
• G18RSEN: Number of votes for 2018 Republican senate candidate
• G17DGOV: Number of votes for 2017 Democratic gubernatorial candidate
• G17DLTG: Number of votes for 2017 Democratic lieutenant governor candidate
• G17DATG: Number of votes for 2017 Republican attorney general candidate
• G17DHOD: Number of votes for 2017 Democratic House of Delegates candidate
• G17RGOV: Number of votes for 2017 Republican gubernatorial candidate
• G17RLTG: Number of votes for 2017 Republican lieutenant governor candidate
• G17RATG: Number of votes for 2017 Republican attorney general candidate
• G17RHOD: Number of votes for 2017 Republican House of Delegates candidate
• G17OGOV: Number of votes for 2017 other gubernatorial candidates
• G16DPRS: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate
• G16RPRS: Number of votes for 2016 Republican presidential candidate
• G16OPRS: Number of votes for 2016 other presidential candidates
• G16DHOR: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic US House candidate
• G16RHOR: Number of votes for 2016 Republican US House candidate
• G16OHOR: Number of votes for 2016 other US House candidates
• TOTPOP: Total population
• NH_WHITE: White, non-hispanic, population
• NH_BLACK: Black, non-hispanic, population
• NH_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, population
• NH_ASIAN: Asian, non-hispanic, population
• NH_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, population
• NH_OTHER: Other race, non-hispanic, population
• NH_2MORE: Two or more races, non-hispanic, population
• HISP: Hispanic population
• H_WHITE: White, hispanic, population
• H_BLACK: Black, hispanic, population
• H_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, hispanic, population
• H_ASIAN: Asian, hispanic, population
• H_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, hispanic, population
• H_OTHER: Other race, hispanic, population
• H_2MORE: Two or more races, hispanic, population
• VAP: Total voting age population
• HVAP: Hispanic voting age population
• WVAP: White, non-hispanic, voting age population
• BVAP: Black, non-hispanic, voting age population
• AMINVAP: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, voting age population
• ASIANVAP: Asian, non-hispanic, voting age population
• NHPIVAP: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, voting age population
• OTHERVAP: Other race, non-hispanic, voting age population
• 2MOREVAP: Two or more races, non-hispanic, voting age population
• CD_12: 2012 enacted congressional district ID
• CD_16: 2016 enacted congressional district ID
• HDIST_11: 2011 enacted House of Delegates district ID
• HDIST_REM: 2019 remedial House of Delegates district ID
• SENDIST: 2011 enacted state senate district ID

Projection

This shapefile uses a NAD83/Virginia Lambert projection or EPSG: 3968.

Rating

We give this shapefile an A rating. It was compiled by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project with demographic information added from the 2010 Decennial Census by MGGG. For more information about its creation visit Princeton's Open Precincts.