Today we have interactive state legislative district maps for Georgia and South Carolina, thanks to the presidential election results by district calculated by the team at Daily Kos Elections. Each legislative chamber is mapped out and color-coded according to the presidential winner and the party that holds each district, along with some info on each legislator. You can find links to all the previously released maps here, which you may want to bookmark.
Districts in solid blue were carried by Obama and are represented by a Democrat, while those in solid red were won by Mitt Romney and are held by a Republican. Lighter red districts voted for Obama and a Republican legislator while those in lighter blue went for Romney and a Democratic legislator. Note that the map displays use only the two-party vote to give you a more equivalent comparison between presidential and legislative results, but this post and Daily Kos Elections numbers include totals for third-party candidates, though the differences are minor.
Georgia State Senate
Georgia Republicans had total control over redistricting and used the process to lock in an advantage in the legislature and Congress. Obama won just 18 state Senate districts while Romney carried 38 and every seat voted for the same party for president and Senate giving Republicans a 38 to 18 majority. The median two seats went for Romney on average by a punishing 62 to 37, placing them a monstrous 18 points to the right of the state. All legislators serve two-year terms without term limits.
Georgia State House of Representatives
In the state House Obama carried 64 districts to 116 for Romney. Republicans hold all the Romney seats plus four Obama districts if you include the lone Republican-leaning independent, whose district is in light green, giving them a 120 to 60 majority which is the bare minimum to override vetoes. The median two seats voted for Romney by an average of 61 to 38 which was 15 percent more Republican than the state overall.
Head below the fold for South Carolina.
South Carolina State Senate
Republicans were also in total control over redistricting in South Carolina and similarly used the process to secure their majority. Just 13 state Senate districts went for Obama while the other 33 voted for Romney, however Democrats hold all the Obama seats plus an additional five Romney seats for a 28 to 18 Republican majority. The median two seats went for Romney 60 to 39 which was 11 points to the right of the state. The Senate is only up in presidential cycles with no term limits.
South Carolina State House of Representatives
In the lower house Obama won just 39 districts to 85 for Romney, but while Democrats hold all the Obama seats they also won seven Romney districts, resulting in a 78 to 46 Republican majority. The two median districts voted for Romney by an average of 61 to 38, a hefty 12 percent more Republican than statewide.