North Carolina VTD shapefile with 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 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 05/03/2021 ## Sources North Carolina election data and shapefiles come from the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2016 Redistricting Reference Data. Demographic data come from the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS). ## Fields ALAND10: Area of VTD land in square meters AWATER10: Area of VTD water in square meters VTD: VTD unique identifier County: County FIPS VTD_Key: VTD unique identifier VTD_Name: VTD name PL10AA_TOT: Total population PL10VA_TOT: Total voting age population EL08G_GV_D: Number of votes for 2008 Democratic gubernatorial candidate EL08G_GV_R: Number of votes for 2008 Republican gubernatorial candidate EL08G_GV_L: Number of votes for 2008 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate EL08G_GV_T: Total number of votes for 2008 gubernatorial candidates EL08G_USS_: Number of votes for 2008 Democratic US Senate candidate EL08G_US_1: Number of votes for 2008 Republican US Senate candidate EL08G_US_2: Number of votes for 2008 Libertarian US Senate candidate EL08G_US_3: Number of votes for 2008 write-in US Senate candidates EL08G_US_4: Total number of votes for 2008 US Senate candidates EL10G_USS_: Number of votes for 2008 Democratic US Senate candidate EL10G_US_1: Number of votes for 2008 Republican US Senate candidate EL10G_US_2: Number of votes for 2008 Libertarian US Senate candidate EL10G_US_3: Number of votes for 2008 write-in US Senate candidates EL10G_US_4: Total number of votes for 2008 US Senate candidates EL12G_GV_D: Number of votes for 2012 Democratic gubernatorial candidate EL12G_GV_R: Number of votes for 2012 Republican gubernatorial candidate EL12G_GV_L: Number of votes for 2012 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate EL12G_GV_W: Number of votes for Donald Kreamer as 2012 gubernatorial candidate EL12G_GV_1: Number of votes for 2012 write-in gubernatorial candidates EL12G_GV_T: Total number of votes for 2012 gubernatorial candidates EL14G_USS_: Number of votes for 2014 Republican US Senate candidate EL14G_US_1: Number of votes for 2014 Democratic US Senate candidate EL14G_US_2: Number of votes for 2014 Libertarian US Senate candidate EL14G_US_3: Number of votes for 2014 write-in US Senate candidates EL14G_US_4: Total number of votes for 2014 US Senate candidates Shape_Leng: VTD perimeter in meters Shape_Area: VTD area in square meters EL12G_PR_D: Number of votes for 2012 Democratic presidential candidate EL12G_PR_R: Number of votes for 2012 Republican presidential candidate EL12G_PR_L: Number of votes for 2012 Libertarian presidential candidate EL12G_PR_W: Number of votes for 2012 write-in presidential candidate EL12G_PR_1: Number of votes for 2012 write-in presidential candidate EL12G_PR_T: Total number of votes for 2012 presidential candidates EL16G_PR_D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate EL16G_PR_R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican presidential candidate EL16G_PR_L: Number of votes for 2016 Libertarian presidential candidate EL16G_PR_W: Number of votes for 2016 write-in presidential candidate EL16G_PR_T: Total number of votes for 2016 presidential candidates EL16G_USS_: Number of votes for 2016 Republican US Senate candidate EL16G_US_1: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic US Senate candidate EL16G_US_2: Number of votes for 2016 Libertarian US Senate candidate EL16G_US_3: Total number of votes for 2016 US Senate candidates EL16G_GV_D: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic gubernatorial candidate EL16G_GV_R: Number of votes for 2016 Republican gubernatorial candidate EL16G_GV_L: Number of votes for 2016 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate EL16G_GV_T: Total number of votes for 2016 gubernatorial candidates BPOP: Black (including Black and Hispanic) population nBPOP: Non-Black population judge: District from Judge’s plan newplan: District from 2016 plan oldplan: District from 2011 plan 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: Congressional districts (2019-present) HDIST: State House district (2019-present) SEND: State Senate district (2019-present) This shapefile uses a Lambert Conformal Conic projection centered on North Carolina (EPSG: 6543). ## Processing Steps Demographic data was aggregated from the census block level to VTDs using the General Assembly’s Block Level Key. Roundoff was used to assign districts from the 2011 enacted plan, 2016 enacted plan, and the judge’s plan to VTDs. ## 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.