Some additional hints at what areas may be impacted by reapportionment in 2012

While reapportionment is based on population figures and not voter registration figures, voter registration figures may give us an indication of what areas may gain and lose in the 2012 reapportionment which follows the 2010 census. I have broken up the state's 41 representative districts into ten areas comprised of districts that are adjacent to each other and share a geographic identifying factor ( for example, districts 1-4 are represented by city of Wilmington residents. Although large portions of some of these four district are outside the city, they each have enough city residents to make a city resident a viable candidate.) Some of the groupings may seem arbitrary,but this is designed to be the beginning of a discussion,not the culmination of a discussion and without beginning discussing geography -reapportionment can not be discussed.

I have provided 2002 & 2009 voter registration comparisons for each of the 41 rep districts. If a reader wishes to review maps at the Election Commissioner's website and come up with some different configurations of area groupings , that is great for continuing a discussion in which the final decision will impact Delaware's future for at the least the period 2012 to 2022.

What I have done for each representative district and grouping of districts is tell what proportion of the statewide voter registration each represented in 2002, the last time districts were reapportioned, and registration eff 9-1-2009.

2002 Statewide registration 519,816
2009 Statewide registration 606,433

Districts represented by a city resident
1st Rep district- 2002 -2.4% of statewide registration (12,247 voters)

1st Rep district- 2009- 2.3% of statewide registration (13,693 voters)

2nd Rep district-2002-2.0% of statewide registration (10,388 voters)

2nd Rep district-2009-2.1% of statewide registration (12,797 voters

3rd Rep District-2002-2.1% of statewide registration (11,172 voters)

3rd Rep District-2009-2.0% of statewide registration (12,399 voters)

4th Rep District-2002-3.1% of statewide registration (16,152 voters)

4th Rep District-2009-2.7% of statewide registration (16,131 voters)

This area--2002------9.6% of statewide registration

This area--2009------9.1% of statewide registration

Bear-Glasgow Area

5th Rep District-2002--2.3% of statewide registration (11,942 voters)

5th Rep District-2009--2.3% of statewide registration (13,801 voters)

15th Rep District-2002-2.5% of statewide registration (12,739 voters)

15th Rep District-2009-3.2% of statewide registration (18,918 voters)

26th Rep District-2002-2.4% of statewide registration (12,235 voters)

26th Rep District-2009-2.2% of statewide registration (13,521 voters)

27th Rep District-2002-2.5%of statewide registration (12,731 voters)

27th Rep District-2009-2.4% of statewide registration (14,624 voters)

This area--2002------9.7% of statewide registration

This area--2009-----10.1% of statewide registration

Brandywine Hundred
6th Rep District-2002--3.0% of statewide registration (15,376 voters)

6th Rep District-2009--2.7% of statewide registration (16,643 voters)

7th Rep District-2002--2.9% of statewide registration (14,849 voters)

7th Rep District-2009--2.5% of statewide registration (14,974 voteres)

10th Rep District-2002-3.0% of statewide registration (15,468 voters)

10th Rep District-2009-2.7% of statewide registration (16,237 voters)

11th Rep District 2002--3.0% of statewide registration (15,409 voters)

11th Rep District 2009-2.6% of statewide registration (15,677 voters)

12th Rep District-2002-2.8% of statewide registration (14,545 voters)

12th Rep District-2009-2.5% of statewide registration (15,306 voters)

This area--2002-------14.7% of statewide registration

This area--2009-------13.0% of statewide registration

Middletown-Odessa-Townsend & Smyrna
8th Rep District-2002--2.3% of statewide registration (12,010 voters)

8th Rep District-2009--3.3% of statewide registration (19,758 voters)

9th Rep District-2002--2.6% of statewide registration (13,389)

9th Rep District-2009--3.2% of statewide registration (19,365)

28th Rep District-2002-2.1% of statewide registration (10,670)

28th Rep district 2009-2.3% of statewide registration (14,174)

29th Rep District-2002-2.0% of statewide registration (10,606)

29th Rep District-2009-2.8% of statewide registration (16,955)

This area---2002------9.0% of statewide registration

This area---2009------11.6% of statewide registration


Pike Creek-Kirkwood Highway Corridor between Newark & Wilmington
13th Rep District-2002-2.3% of statewide registration (11,880)


13th Rep District 2009-2.2% of statewide registration (13,132)


19th Rep District-2002-2.4% of statewide registration (12,526)


19th Rep District 2009-2.2% of statewide registration (13,095)


20th Rep District-2002-2.9% of statewide registration (15,083)


20th Rep District-2009-2.6% of statewide registration (15,500)


21st Rep District-2002-2.8% of statewide registration (14,561)


21st Rep District-2009-2.5% of statewide registration (14,975)


22nd Rep District-2002-2.8% of statewide registration (14,626)


22nd Rep District-2009-2.5% of statewide registration (14,986)


This area -2002-13.2% of statewide registration


This area-2009-12.0% of statewide registration


New Castle -Christiana
16th Rep District--2002--2.2% of statewide registration (11,380 voters)

16th Rep District--2009--2.2% of statewide registration (13,165voters)

17th Rep District--2002--2.4% of statewide registration (12,532 voters)

17th Rep District--2009--2.3% of statewide registration (13,877 voters)

18th Rep District--2002--2.4% of statewide registration (12,504 voters)

18th Rep District--2002--2.1% of statewide registration (12,516 voters)

This area----------2002--7.0% of statewide registration

This area----------2009--6.6% of statewide registration

Newark
23rd Rep District-2002-2.5% of statewide registration (12,759)

23rd Rep District-2009-2.1% of statewide registration (12,950)

24th Rep District-2002-2.2% of statewide registration (11,204)

24th Rep District-2009-2.1% of statewide registration (12,673)

25th Rep District-2002-2.0 % of statewide registration (10,336)

25th Rep District-2009-1.9% of statewide registration (11,486)

This area--2002-------6.7% of statewide registration

This area--2009-------6.1% of statewide registration



Eastern Sussex County-Milford to the Shore


14th Rep District-2002-3.0% of statewide registration (15,837 voters)

14th Rep District-2009-3.2% of statewide registration (19,472)

36th Rep District-2002-2.4% of statewide registration( 12,531)

36th Rep District-2009-2.7% of statewide registration (16,622)

37th Rep District-2002-2.3% of statewide registration (11,742)

37th Rep District 2009-2.3% of statewide registration ( 13,868)

38th Rep District -2002-3.1% of statewide registration (15,901)

38th Rep District-2009-3.1% of statewide registration ( 18,660)

This area-2002---10.8% of statewide registration

This area-2009--11.3% of statewide registration

Kent County between Milford and Smyrna
30th Rep District-2002-2.1% of statewide registration (10,695)

30th Rep District-2009-2.3% of statewide registration (14,155)

31st Rep District-2002-2.4% of statewide registration (12,352)

31st Rep District 2009-2.1% of statewide registration (12,869)

32nd Rep District-2002-2.1% of statewide registration (10,677)

32nd Rep District-2009-1.9% of statewide registration (11,713)

33rd Rep District-2002-2.2% of statewide registration (11,572)

33rd Rep District-2009-2.6% of statewide registration (15,862)

34th Rep District-2002-2.3% of statewide registration (11,796)

34th Rep District-2009-2.7% of statewide registration (16,173)

This area -2002-11.1% of statewide registration

This area -2009-11.6% of statewide registration





Western & Southern Sussex County

35th Rep District-2002-2.0 % of statewide registration (10,183)

35th Rep District-2009-2.1% of statewide registration (12,887)

39th Rep District-2002-2.0 % of statewide regsitration (10,496)

39th Rep District-2009-1.9% of statewide registration (11,464)

40th Rep District-2002-2.3% of statewide registration (11,831)

40th Rep District-2009-2.2% of statewide registration (13,603)

41st Rep District-2002-2.5% of statewide registration (12,884)

41st Rep District-2009-2.6% of statewide registration (15,757)

This area-2002--8.8% of statewide registration

This area-2009--8.8% of statewide registration

The registration numbers come from the Delaware Elections Commissioner's website.

For 2002 the AGP Report in Election Archives was used.

For 9-1-2009 the link to registration totals was used.



http://elections.delaware.gov/