Seats-to-Votes Distortion
Seats-to-Votes Distortion: Measure of the average by which one party wins a greater percentage of seats than votes and the other party wins a smaller percentage of seats than votes. The distortion is calculated by adding the percentage distortion for each party and then dividing by two. For example, if Democratic candidates won 10% more House seats than votes and Republicans won 6% fewer House seats than their share of the House votes,
the seat-to-vote distortion would be 8%.
Ranking |
State |
Seats-to-Votes |
|
1 |
Georgia |
0.4% |
|
2 |
Washington |
2.3% |
|
3 |
Minnesota |
2.8% |
|
4 |
Utah |
3.0% |
|
5 |
Kentucky |
4.2% |
|
6 |
New Jersey |
4.6% |
|
7 |
Colorado |
4.8% |
|
8 |
Texas |
4.9% |
|
9 |
Michigan |
6.0% |
|
10 |
Missouri |
6.4% |
|
11 |
Arizona |
6.9% |
|
12 |
Wisconsin |
7.5% |
|
13 |
Indiana |
8.3% |
|
14 |
North Carolina |
8.3% |
|
15 |
California |
9.2% |
|
16 |
Illinois |
10.0% |
|
17 |
Oklahoma |
11.2% |
|
18 |
Pennsylvania |
11.2% |
|
19 |
West Virginia |
11.3% |
|
20 |
Maryland |
13.0% |
|
21 |
Nevada |
13.9% |
|
22 |
New York |
14.2% |
|
23 |
Tennessee |
14.5% |
|
24 |
Louisiana |
14.6% |
|
25 |
Florida |
15.0% |
|
26 |
New Mexico |
15.1% |
|
27 |
Iowa |
15.3% |
|
28 |
Ohio |
16.4% |
|
29 |
Virginia |
16.4% |
|
30 |
Arkansas |
17.4% |
|
31 |
Alabama |
17.5% |
|
32 |
Mississippi |
20.4% |
|
33 |
South Carolina |
25.5% |
|
34 |
Oregon |
27.3% |
|
35 |
Wyoming |
27.5% |
|
36 |
Nebraska |
30.4% |
|
37 |
Alaska |
30.8% |
|
38 |
Vermont |
33.7% |
|
39 |
Kansas |
34.9% |
|
40 |
Montana |
36.7% |
|
41 |
Hawaii |
37.4% |
|
42 |
Idaho |
37.4% |
|
43 |
Massachusetts |
39.1% |
|
44 |
Connecticut |
40.9% |
|
45 |
Rhode Island |
41.2% |
|
46 |
Delaware |
42.1% |
|
47 |
Maine |
44.0% |
|
48 |
North Dakota |
45.1% |
|
49 |
New Hampshire |
46.7% |
|
50 |
South Dakota |
48.9% |
|
Total |
USA OVERALL |
2.3% |