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Political party strength in U.S. states is the level of representation of the various political parties in the United States in each statewide elective office providing legislators to the state and to the U.S. Congress and electing the executives at the state (U.S. state governor) and national (U.S. President) level.
The graph below (using data from List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States) shows the number of justices sitting in the Supreme Court who were appointed by Democratic or Republican presidents since 1936. In 1936, the Court had 7 justices appointed by Republican presidents and 2 appointed by Democratic presidents.
Leg. Control Gov. Party Ter. Control American Samoa 39 18 Non-partisan 18 21 Non-partisan 21 Dem District of Columbia 13 13 11 2 Unicameral Dem N/A Dem Guam 15 15 9 6 Unicameral Dem Mariana Islands 29 9 2 4 3 20 4 3 13 Divided Ind Divided Puerto Rico 78 27 12 DPP 10 NPP 5 51 25 DPP 21 NPP 5 DPP NPP Divided Virgin Islands 15 15 15
But in the 2022 election, Republicans won a 5-2 majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court, which undid the Democrats’ narrow advantage and significantly altered the state’s legal ...
The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a ...
In states which hold partisan elections for prosecutorial positions, the party affiliation of each prosecutor is noted. The only states which do not have district attorneys are Delaware and Rhode Island, in which all prosecutions are handled by the states' attorneys general
Around the country, politicians are waging high-stakes battles over new congressional lines that could influence which party controls the US House of Representatives after the 2024 election.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law.