Michigan 2016 precinct shapefile with 2016 and 2018 election results. Please note that this file has multiple years of election results on a single precinct shapefile. The RDH has not confirmed whether the precincts on this file represent the geographies that were used for every year of election results on this file. ## RDH Date retrieval 08/04/2021 ## Sources The precinct and congressional district shapefiles come from the Michigan Department of State through the State of Michigan GIS Open Data Portal. Demographic data at the block level are from IPUMS NHGIS. Shapefiles for Michigan’s state house and senate districts were downloaded from the US Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line Program. Precinct level election data for 2016 were obtained from the MIT Elections Data and Science Lab. ## Fields VTD2016_x: Precinct ID ShapeSTLen: Precinct perimeter in meters CountyFips: County FIPS code Jurisdicti: Jurisdiction FIPS code ElectionYe: Election year Label: Jurisdiction name VTD: Precinct ID county_nam: County name county_fip: County FIPS code with state FIPS code county_lat: County internal point of latitude county_lon: County internal point of longitude jurisdic_1: Jurisdiction name precinct: Precinct name PRES16D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate PRES16R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican presidential candidate PRES16L: Number of votes for 2016 Libertarian presidential candidate PRES16G: Number of votes for 2016 Green Party presidential candidate GOV18D: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic Governor candidate GOV18R: Number of votes for 2018 Republican Governor candidate SEN18D: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic Senate candidate SEN18R: Number of votes for 2018 Republican Senate candidate SOS18D: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic Secretary of State candidate SOS18R: Number of votes for 2018 Republican Secretary of State candidate AG18D: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic Attorney General candidate AG18R: Number of votes for 2018 Republican Attorney General candidate TOTPOP: Total population NH_WHITE: White, non-hispanic, population NH_BLACK: Black, non-hispanic, population NH_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, population NH_ASIAN: Asian, non-hispanic, population NH_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, population NH_OTHER: Other race, non-hispanic, population NH_2MORE:Two or more races, non-hispanic, population HISP: Hispanic population H_WHITE: White, hispanic, population H_BLACK: Black, hispanic, population H_AMIN: American Indian and Alaska Native, hispanic, population H_ASIAN: Asian, hispanic, population H_NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, hispanic, population H_OTHER: Other race, hispanic, population H_2MORE:Two or more races, hispanic, population VAP: Total voting age population HVAP: Hispanic voting age population WVAP: White, non-hispanic, voting age population BVAP: Black, non-hispanic, voting age population AMINVAP: American Indian and Alaska Native, non-hispanic, voting age population ASIANVAP: Asian, non-hispanic, voting age population NHPIVAP: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-hispanic, voting age population OTHERVAP: Other race, non-hispanic, voting age population 2MOREVAP: Two or more races, non-hispanic, voting age population CD: 2011 enacted US congressional district ID HDIST: 2011 enacted state house district ID SENDIST: 2011 enacted state senate district ID ## Processing Steps Election data from the MIT Elections Data and Science Lab was cleaned by MGGG staff in order to join it to the 2016 precinct shapefile. Demographic data were aggregated from the block level to precincts using MGGG’s proration software. Congressional, house, and senate district IDs were assigned to precincts also using this package. This shapefile uses a Lambert Conformal Conic/State Plane projection centered on central Michigan (ESPG:6493). ## Additional Notes Rating from MGGG: We give this shapefile an A rating. All data was obtained from the state government and was processed by MGGG staff. Please contact info@redistrictingdatahub.org for more information.