2015-16 ranking of states based on house delegation percentages & population

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From most Democratic house delegation to most Republican house delegation based on percentage of seats and number of overall seats/population of states - meaning that a higher population elevates in cases of equal percentages. Now these stats are of course preliminary due to the Louisiana runoffs still not having taken place as well as not all states' results and individual house seats having been certified and ultimately decided yet. Off we go:

1. Massachusetts: 100% (9 seats)
2. Connecticut: 100% (5 seats)
3. Hawaii: 100% (2 seats)
3. Rhode Island: 100% (2 seats)
5. Delaware: 100% (1 seat)
5. Vermont: 100% (1 seat)
7. Maryland: 87.5%
8. Oregon: 80%
9. California: 69.8% (3 seats yet to be certified, leaning 2-1 for Republicans)
10. New York: 66.7% (27 seats; 1 seat still not certified, yet Democrat leading by almost 600 votes)
11. New Mexico: 66.7% (3 seats)
12. Minnesota: 62.5%
13. Washington: 60%
14. Illinois: 55.6%

15. Maine: 50% (2 seats)
15. New Jersey: 50% (12 seats)
15. New Hampshire: 50% (2 seats)

18. Arizona: 44.4% (1 seat still not certified, yet with Republican advantage of about 500 votes)
19. Colorado: 42.9%
20. Wisconsin: 37.5%
21. Florida: 37%
22. Michigan: 35.7%
23. Nebraska: 33.3%
24. Texas: 30.6%
25. Georgia: 28.6%
26. Pennsylvania: 27.8%
27. Virginia: 27.3%
28. Nevada: 25% (4 seats)
28. Iowa: 25% (4 seats)
28. Mississippi: 25% (4 seats)
31. Missouri: 25% (8 seats)
32. Ohio: 25% (16 seats)
33. North Carolina: 23.1%
34. Indiana: 22.2% (9 seats)
34. Tennessee: 22.2% (9 seats)
36. Louisiana: 16.7% (6 seats; 2 seats heading for a runoff, yet both strongly favoured to go Republican)
36. Kentucky: 16.7% (6 seats)
38. South Carolina: 14.3% (7 seats)
38. Alabama: 14.3% (7 seats)
40. Montana: 0% (1 seat)
40. North Dakota: 0% (1 seat)
40. Alaska: 0% (1 seat)
40. South Dakota: 0% (1 seat)
40. Wyoming: 0% (1 seat)
45. Idaho: 0% (2 seats)
46. West Virginia: 0% (3 seats)
47. Arkansas: 0% (4 seats)
47. Kansas: 0% (4 seats)
47. Utah: 0% (4 seats)
50. Oklahoma: 0% (5 seats)

Thus, when it comes to upcoming house delegations, Massachusetts remains the most Democratic/liberal state, while Oklahoma remains the most Republican/conservative state.

Currently, Democrats only have a US House majority in 14 states, while Republicans control the majority in a stunning number of 33 states. The remaining three northeastern states have an equal proportion from both parties.

Priorities for Democratic power strategists should be to flip state control of states such as North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Florida and Wisconsin during the 2018 midterm elections, which in most states will decide the fate of the next redistricting process.