![]() The process is expected to be contentious and will force lawmakers to weigh competing interests: whether to add new districts, protect incumbents, adhere to county lines or unify “communities of interest” to ensure they are adequately represented. ![]() The Democrat-controlled Legislature’s decisions - particularly over the lines defining two battleground congressional districts - will be closely observed as both parties fight for control of the U.S. Both parties have added voters, but those registered as nonpartisan are the state's fastest-growing bloc, with their share of the electorate up five percentage points from a decade ago. ![]() The state's electorate has also become more blue, leading to Democrat gains in state and federal elections. The 15% spike was largely driven by growth in urban areas and from Hispanic and Latino residents, whose share of the population grew from 27% to 29%. Like neighboring Arizona and Utah, Nevada's population has skyrocketed over the past decade, increasing by 404,000 to 3.1 million. A group of Nevada lawmakers traveling the state to engage the public in the once-in-a-decade redistricting process is confronting a raft of questions about race, partisanship, and rural-urban divides as they prepare to redraw the state's political maps next month.
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