The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement and Social Policy Institute at Washington University co-hosted a conversation on December 6, 2021, with local experts about the redistricting process in the City of St. Louis.
This year, the City of St. Louis redistricting process includes the additional task of reducing the number of city wards from 28 to 14. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has until December 31, 2021, to finalize the new ward map.
The following resources provide more information about redistricting, including comparisons across states, understanding who guides redistricting, common terminology associated with the process, and more.
Redistricting Basics
- Explore this year’s redistricting landscape | Brennan Center For Justice
- Compare systems and maps across states | Loyola Law School
- Stay up to date on proposed and approved maps | FiveThirtyEight
- Contextualize redistricting regulations | Cornell Law Review
Census Information
- Connect redistricting to the decennial census | United States Census Bureau
- Access census data, tables, and maps | United States Census Bureau
Redistricting Process Stuctures
- Learn who leads redistricting in each state and how they do it | Brennan Center For Justice
- Review redistricting reforms across the country | Princeton University
Federal Redistricting Guidelines and Common Legal Challenges
- Read about Congressional redistricting criteria | Congressional Research Service
- Learn about the Voting Rights Act’s impact on redistricting | Congressional Research Service
- Follow legislative redistricting litigation | Loyola Law School
- Understand the impact of equalizing districts by citizen voting-age population vs. total population | California Law Review
Gerrymandering
- Consider questions of partisanship in redistricting | Washington Post
Map Drawing Tools
- Create and compare maps | Dave’s Redistricting
- Learn how to use GIS for redistricting purposes | Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
St. Louis and Missouri News*
- St. Louis ward reduction | City of St. Louis
- State level redistricting in Missouri and Illinois | St. Louis Public Radio
- Missouri debate about equalizing districts by citizen voting-age population vs. total population | Missouri Independent
Revisit our Panel Conversation on Redistricting
Co-hosted with the Social Policy Institute | Monday, December 6, 2021
*When reading news articles to learn more about a topic, remember to consider source bias. Check out this guide to help recognize and examine source bias: https://libguides.wustl.edu/evaluate_news/source_bias