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Partisan Composition

State Partisan Composition

4/11/2018

You often hear the phrases “split control” or “divided government.” These terms relate to the party control of state legislatures or state government, which may change with each election.

Current and historic party control of state legislatures and government can be accessed below.

For consistency, the historic charts show the party control as of January in each year. (If you are looking for election results visit this page: 2017 Results for Legislative Partisan Composition | Post-Election)

Partisan Composition: 1997-2018

To use NCSL’s new partisan composition tool, click on the image below. A pop-up window will appear which you can use to view and analyze data from 1997 until today. To see partisan composition data for any year from 1997-2018, use the “Year” dropdown on the top right side of the page.

To see partisan composition data from only one state, or a group of states, use the “State” dropdown on the top left side of the page.

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2018 Legislative Partisan Composition

(Partisan control in January 2018)

21 states have 1-5 disasters, 20 states have 6-10 disasters and 8 states have 11 or more disasters AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MA MD MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA WA WV WI WY VT ID PR AS GU MP VI

 

LEGEND:

Republican

Democrat

Split

Nonpartisan

Independent

Popular Democratic Party

 

Historic Partisan Composition

(Historic charts show the party control as of January in each year.)

2014 map 2013 map
2012 map 2011 map
2010 map 2009 map

Partisan Composition Timelines

Legislative Partisan Composition Table

2017  
2016 2015
2014 2013
2012 2011
2010 2009
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