Virginia precinct shapefile with 2016, 2017, 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
03/15/2020

## Sources
The precinct shapefile with election results comes from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. Demographic data at the block level are from IPUMS NHGIS. Shapefiles for Virginia’s congressional, delegate, and senate districts were downloaded from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Division of Legislative Services.

## Fields
precinct: Precinct name
locality: Locality name
loc_prec: Locality and precinct names
district: Congressional district name
G18DHOR: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic US House candidate
G18DSEN: Number of votes for 2018 Democratic senate candidate
G18OSEN: Number of votes for 2018 other senate candidates
G18RHOR:  Number of votes for 2018 Republican US House candidate
G18RSEN: Number of votes for 2018 Republican senate candidate
G17DGOV: Number of votes for 2017 Democratic gubernatorial candidate
G17DLTG: Number of votes for 2017 Democratic lieutenant governor candidate
G17DATG: Number of votes for 2017 Republican attorney general candidate
G17DHOD: Number of votes for 2017 Democratic House of Delegates candidate
G17RGOV: Number of votes for 2017 Republican gubernatorial candidate
G17RLTG: Number of votes for 2017 Republican lieutenant governor candidate
G17RATG: Number of votes for 2017 Republican attorney general candidate
G17RHOD: Number of votes for 2017 Republican House of Delegates candidate
G17OGOV:  Number of votes for 2017 other gubernatorial candidates
G16DPRS: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate
G16RPRS: Number of votes for 2016 Republican presidential candidate
G16OPRS: Number of votes for 2016 other presidential candidates
G16DHOR: Number of votes for 2016 Democratic US House candidate
G16RHOR: Number of votes for 2016 Republican US House candidate
G16OHOR: Number of votes for 2016 other US House candidates
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_12: 2012 enacted congressional district ID
CD_16: 2016 enacted congressional district ID
HDIST_11: 2011 enacted House of Delegates district ID
HDIST_REM: 2019 remedial House of Delegates district ID
SENDIST: 2011 enacted state senate district ID

Projection
This shapefile uses a NAD83/Virginia Lambert projection or EPSG: 3968.

## Processing Steps
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.

## Additional Notes
Rating from MGGG: We give this shapefile an A rating. It was compiled by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project with demographic information added from the 2010 Decennial Census by MGGG. For more information about its creation visit Princeton's Open Precincts.