Data Downloads
Statewide 2020 geodatabase containing Counties, VTDs, and Blocks with prison adjusted population and election results and selected primary election results (.zip)
Statewide 2020 GeoPackage containing Counties, VTDs, and Blocks with prison adjusted population and election results (.zip file)
Statewide 2020 geodatabase containing Counties, VTDs, and Blocks with prison adjusted population and election results (.zip file)
Current (2011-2020) House Districts shapefile, block assignment file, and KML file (.zip file)
Current (2011-2020) Senate Districts shapefile, block assignment file, and KML file (.zip file)
Current (2011-2020) Congressional Districts shapefile, block assignment file, and KML file (.zip file)
Racially Polarized Voting Analysis for the Virginia Redistricting Commission by Maxwell Palmer and Benjamin Schneer (.pdf file) (8/31/21)
Racially Polarized Voting Analysis Results (.xlsx file) (8/31/21)
Supplement to Racially Polarized Voting Analysis: Virginia Primary Elections (.pdf file) (9/26/21)
Additional Information
For prisoner adjustments, two fields were added:
PRADJPOPD: The number of prisoners added or removed from the geographic features total population (TAPERSONS)
ADJPOP: The adjusted population
The field containing the total population from the Census Bureau (TAPERSONS) was not modified.
Election Results include:
2020: PRES2020D,PRES2020R,PRES2020L,USSEN2020D,USSEN2020R
2018: USSEN18D,USSEN18R,USSEN18L
2017: AG18D,AG18R,AG18TOTVOT,GOV17D,GOV17R,GOV17L,GOV17TOTVT,LTGOV17D,LTGOV17R,LTGOV17TOT
2016: PRES16D,PRES16R,PRES16L,PRES16I,PRES16G,PRES16TOTV
2013: AG13D,AG13R,AG13TOTVOT,GOV13D,GOV13R,GOV13L,GOV13TOTV,LTGOV13D,LTGOV13R,LTGOV13TOT
2012: PRES12D,PRES12R,PRES12L,PRES12C,PRES12G,PRES12TOTV
For each field, the letter at the end designates party D:Democrate R:Republican, L:Liberterian, G: Green, I:Independent, TOTV indicates total number of votes for that office. (The name of the field was abbreviated depending on the name of the office in order to meet the 10 Character requirement for exporting the files to ESRI shape file format)
Selected Primary Election Results Field Descriptions:
RPUS18CSTE Corey Alan Stewart
RPUS18NFRE Nicholas Jason Freitas
RPUS18EJAC Earl Walker Jackson, Sr.
RPUS18OTHE Others 18
RPUS18TVOT Total 18
DPLTG17JFA Justin Edward Fairfax
DPLTG17SPL Susan Smocer Platt
DPLTG17ERO Eugene Joseph Rossi
DPLTG17OTH Others 17
DPLTG17VOT Total 17
RPPR16DTRU Donald J. Trump
RPPR16DMRU Marco Rubio
RPPR16DRCR Rafael Edward Cruz
RPPR16DJKA John Kasich
RPPR16DBCA Benjamin S. Carson, Sr
RPPR16DJBU Jeb Bush
RPPR16DRPA Rand Paul
RPPR16DMHU Mike Huckabee
RPPR16DCCH Chris Christie
RPPR16DCFI Carly Fiorina
RPPR16DJGI Jim Gilmore
RPPR16DLGR Lindsey Graham
RPPR16DRSA Rick Santorum
RPPR16DOTH Others 16
RPPR16DTVO Total 16
DPLT13RNOR Ralph Shearer Northam
DPLT13RACH Aneesh Chopra
DPLTG13OTH Others LT13
DPLTG13VOT Total LT13
DPAG13MHER Mark Rankin Herring
DPAG13JEFA Justin Edward Fairfax
DPAG13OTHR Others AG13
DPAG13TVOT Total AG13
Census and AutoBound Edge field definitions (.xlsx file)
More information on how to use Census redistricting data can be found on the U.S. Census Bureau's website.