Resources
Introduction to Redistricting
Redistricting Testimony Worksheets
Advanced Redistricting
- AAJC Key Redistricting Terms
- AAJC Redistricting Fact Sheets (English plus translated versions)
- Crowd Academy Redistricting Overview
- Crowd Academy Redistricting Handbook
Data and Mapping Platforms
Free
- Redistricting Data Hub: Data, tools, and training that can be used for COI and mapping work. Your central location for data and mapping platform questions.
- Districtr: Free, public web tool for districting and community identification
- Representable: Free, open-source tool for creating maps for COI
- Open Precincts: an open-source database of precinct-level shapefiles for all 50 states matched with current and historical election results
- Dave’s Redistricting: Free web app you can use to create, view, analyze and share redistricting maps for any state
- Redistricting and You: Free web app sponsored by the CUNY Graduate Center
Paid
- Esri: Professional tool for redistricting maps
- Maptitude: Paid tool that provides tools, maps, and demographic data you need to analyze and understand how geography affects you and your community
Census Impact on Redistricting
- How Census Data are Used to Apportion the House of Representatives from AAJC and Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality
- Differential Privacy for Census Data Explained by NCSL
- Redistricting and Use of Census Data by NCSL
- Apportionment FAQ by Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Census Apportionment Data FAQ by Leadership Conference Education Fund
- Key features of Decennial Census by US Census Bureau
The Impact of Redistricting
- Power on the Line: Making Redistricting Work for Us from Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, MALDEF, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Gerrymandering and Racial Equity from Fair Representation in Redistricting
- Gerrymandering and Voting Rights from Center for American Progress
- Gerrymandering and Children from Center for American Progress
- Gerrymandering and Healthcare from Center for American Progress
- Gerrymandering and Gun Violence from Center for American Progress
- Gerrymandering and the Environment from Fair Representation in Redistricting
- Congressional Redistricting and Health from Blue Shield of California Foundation
- Prison Gerrymandering Project
Legal Resources
- Redistricting Resources from the Brennan Center
- Redistricting Resources from the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Current List of Federal and State Cases from All About Redistricting
- Designing a Transparent and Ethical Redistricting Process from the Campaign Legal Center and League of Women Voters
Messaging
- Redistricting Messaging Talking Points and Strategic Guidance
- Message Strategy Guide and Template Communications Plan
- Redistricting Social Media Toolkit
- Redistricting Social Media Graphics Folder
- Stakeholder Messaging Guidance for Apportionment by Fair Representation in Redistricting Coalition
Organizing
- Redistricting Action Kit from the League of Women Voters
- Fair Districts from Fair Count
- We Matter A Guide for Community Organizations on Redistricting Engagement from the Center for Popular Democracy
- AAJC Redistricting Page
- Digital Best Practices
Research
- Combined Message Research Memo from HIT/Lake/BSP
- Engaging the Black Community in the South from HIT Strategies
- Video Recording of HIT Strategies presentation
- Research on Engaging Asian American Communities with Redistricting from Lake Research Partners
- Video recording of Lake Research Partners presentation
- Toplines from the Lake Research Partners poll
- Engaging Latino/Hispanic Communities in the Redistricting Process from BSP Research
- ASO Communications and Frameshift Presentation
- ASO Communications Presentation Recording
- Fair Districting Social Media Content
- Fair District Messaging Guide
Local Redistricting Resources
- Alabama Local Redistricting Toolkit from Alabama Values
- Arizona Local Redistricting Resources from Vitalyst Health Foundation
- California Local Redistricting Resources from Common Cause
- Chicago Local Redistricting Resources from Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission
- Georgia Local Redistricting Toolkit from Georgia Redistricting Alliance
- Minnesota People Powered Fair Maps Action Kit — League of Women Voters Minnesota
- Texas Local Redistricting Resources from League of Women Voters of Texas
State by State Redistricting Guides
- Redistricting Timelines from Common Cause
- Princeton Gerrymandering Project
- State by State Guide from the National Democratic Redistricting Committee
- 50 State Guide from the Brennan Center
- GeoCivics State Guide from University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
- Remote Public Participation in Committee Proceedings from NCSL