matching census voting tabulation districts (vtd) to arizona election results august 22, 2011
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Matching Census Voting Tabulation Districts (VTD) to
Arizona Election Results
August 22, 2011
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Introduction
• What are VTDs?– Voting Tabulation Districts – the level of census
geography at which election results are reported
– Based on each county’s precincts– Intended to allow election results to be related
to the census data• How many are in AZ?– There are 2,224 VTDs in the 2010 Census.
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Why do we have to worry about VTDs?
1. Voting Rights Act- Under Section 5, Arizona's redistricting plans cannot
be retrogressive. The plans cannot weaken or reduce minority voters' rights.
- The presence of discrimination can be determined by analyzing population data and election results.
2. Competitiveness - Prop. 106 establishes competitiveness as one of the
criteria for re-drawing Arizona’s Congressional and Legislative Districts.
- Many measures of competitiveness use past election results. 3
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How are election results matched to the Census?
• Census VTDs should match each county’s voting precincts from 2008 and 2010 – Counties were asked not to change their precincts during
these elections.– Once submitted to the Census, VTD names cannot be
changed. Unfortunately, the original submission had many scrambled precinct names.
• Census VTDs are comprised of Census Blocks– Once results are matched to the VTDs they are disaggregated
to the block level.– Each block is allocated a percentage of the votes based on
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What issues are there?
• Census VTDs are wrong in some places– Of the 2,224 VTDs in AZ, we have found that
many cannot be easily matched.• If the correct election results are not
assigned to the correct geographic area it will be impossible to perform correct Voting Rights Act and competitiveness analysis.
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Methods for Identifying VTDs and Precincts
• Unique Codes– Census VTDs come with a unique code (VTD_code) – Code is comprised of the county’s 5 digit fips code and the
unique precinct number• Example- Maricopa’s Alta Vista Precinct
– Fips = 04013– Precinct # = 15– VTD_code = 0401315
– No consistency even among the VTD codes • Some counties “zero fill”• Example:
– Maricopa’s Alta Vista Precinct VTD_code = 0401315– Yavapai’s Castle Hot Springs 1 Precinct VTD_code = 04025015
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Methods for Identifying VTDs and Precincts (continued)
• Name– Census has a VTD_name field– County’s also have names for their precincts– Sometimes there are minor differences that prevent
automated matches– Examples:
• Census = VILLA LA PAZ, County = VILLA DE PAZ• Census = Santan Heights, County = SAN TAN HEIGHTS• Census = Apache Junction NW, County = APACHE JCT NW• Census = Kearny, County = KEARNEY
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Methods for Identifying VTDs and Precincts (continued)
• Location and Shape– Each VTD occupies a unique spot on the map
as does each County Precinct– Shape can be used to match County Precincts
to Census VTDs• This is done by comparing total area or perimeter
length
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How was the match done?
• Strategic Telemetry called every county and requested maps of their precincts, when possible we used .shp files that could be viewed directly in Maptitude. We also were able to work with .pdf maps and maps from election result reporting websites.
• The match was conducted by one person and verified by another.
• All available identifiable features were used to conduct the match.
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How was the match done? (continued)
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Precinct Election Results (varied by
county)
Fields Included- Unique Precinct
code (assigned at the county level)
- Unique Precinct name (assigned at the county level)
Fields Added- IRC Precinct Code
Census VTDs
Fields Included:- County- VTD Code- VTD Name- Area (sq. miles)
Fields Added:- IRC Precinct Code
County Precinct Maps
Fields Included (.shp)- Precinct #- Precinct Name- Area (sq. feet)Field included (.pdf)- Name- Shape
Fields Added- IRC Precinct Code
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Issues Identified During the Match• VTD names that don’t match Precinct names
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Issues Identified During the Match (continued)
• VTD codes that don’t match Precinct codes
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Issues Identified During the Match (continued)
• Multiple Districts / Split VTDs
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Issues Identified During the Match (continued)
• Unaligned Precincts
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Counties where no issues were found
• Apache• Coconino• Greenlee
•Mohave• Santa Cruz• Yuma
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Cochise County
• Total Precincts: 64• Total Issues: 3
- VTD area that doesn’t match Precinct area: 3
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Cochise County (continued)
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Cochise County (continued)
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Gila County
• Total Precincts: 39• Total Issues: 4
- VTD codes that don’t match Precinct number: 4
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Gila County (continued)
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Gila County (continued)
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Graham County
• Total Precincts: 19• Total Issues: 4
- VTD codes that don’t match Precinct number: 1
- VTD names that don’t match Precinct names: 4
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Graham County (continued)
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Graham County (continued)
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La Paz County
• Total Precincts: 12• Total Issues: 3
- VTD area that doesn’t match Precinct area: 3
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La Paz County (continued)
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La Paz County (continued)
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Maricopa County
• Total Precincts: 1,142• Total Issues: 367
- VTD codes that don’t match Precinct number: 4
- VTD names that don’t match Precinct names: 281
- VTD area that doesn’t match Precinct area: 47
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Maricopa County (continued)
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Maricopa County (continued)
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Maricopa County (continued)
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Maricopa County (continued)
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Maricopa County (continued)
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Navajo County
• Total Precincts: 54(Census) 70(county)• Total Issues: 12 (Census)
- VTD codes that don’t match Precinct number : 2
- VTD area that doesn’t match Precinct area: 10
- Extra/Split County Precincts: 16
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Navajo County (continued)
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Navajo County (continued)
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Pima County
• Total Precincts: 417• Total Issues: 45
- VTD codes that don’t match Precinct number: 2
- VTD names that don’t match Precinct names: 2
- VTD area that doesn’t match Precinct area: 44
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Pima County (continued)
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Pima County (continued)
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Pinal County
• Total Precincts: 88• Total Issues: 43
- VTD names that don’t match Precinct names: 38
- VTD area that doesn’t match Precinct area: 6
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Pinal County (continued)
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Pinal County (continued)
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Yavapai County
• Total Precincts: 112• Total Issues: 19
- VTD names that don’t match Precinct names: 14
- VTD area that doesn’t match Precinct area: 6
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Yavapai County (continued)
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Yavapai County (continued)
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AIRC Matching Resources
• Workbook outlining all matchesCensus VTD to County Precinct Verification Worksheet.xls
• VTD to Precinct match keycensus_vtd_to_irc_prec_key.txt orcensus_vtd_to_irc_prec_key.dbf
• Available on IRC website- www.azredistricting.org
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