Title: Redistricting in Clean Tables
Version: 0.0.1
Description: Provides a suite of tools to create tables that accompany maps. The tools create clean, informative tables for electoral outcomes, compactness, and other district-level quantities. Most tools are aimed at the redistricting context, but are broadly applicable to other electoral data.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
Imports: cli, dplyr, geomander, geos, ggplot2, gt, purrr, redist, redistmetrics, rlang, sf, stringr, tibble
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
LazyData: true
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, spelling, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
VignetteBuilder: knitr
URL: http://christophertkenny.com/rict/, https://github.com/christopherkenny/rict
BugReports: https://github.com/christopherkenny/rict/issues
Language: en-US
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-02-27 16:43:09 UTC; chris
Author: Christopher T. Kenny ORCID iD [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Christopher T. Kenny <ctkenny@proton.me>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-03-04 10:20:02 UTC

rict: Redistricting in Clean Tables

Description

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Provides a suite of tools to create tables that accompany maps. The tools create clean, informative tables for electoral outcomes, compactness, and other district-level quantities. Most tools are aimed at the redistricting context, but are broadly applicable to other electoral data.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Christopher T. Kenny ctkenny@proton.me (ORCID)

See Also

Useful links:

Color Columns with Partisan Scales

Description

Color Columns with Partisan Scales

Usage

data_color_party(tab, columns = gt::everything(), ...)

Arguments

tab

A gt table with class gt::gt_tbl

columns

the columns to color with partisan colors

...

additional arguments passed on to gt::data_color()

Value

A gt::gt

Examples

rict(wv_plans, 'cd_2020') |>
  data_color_party(columns = 'e_dvs')

Extract data from a gt

Description

Extract data from a gt

Usage

gt_get_data(tab)

Arguments

tab

A gt table with class gt::gt_tbl

Value

A dplyr::tibble

Examples

rict(wv) |> gt_get_data()

Hide List Columns in gt

Description

Hide List Columns in gt

Usage

gt_hide_lists(tab)

Arguments

tab

A gt table with class gt::gt_tbl

Value

A gt::gt

Examples

wv |>
  gt::gt() |>
  gt_hide_lists()

Add Compactness Metric Plots to a gt

Description

Add Compactness Metric Plots to a gt

Usage

gt_plot_compactness(
  tab,
  shp,
  plan,
  measures = guess_comp(tab),
  height = 200,
  ...
)

Arguments

tab

A gt table with class gt::gt_tbl

shp

An sf object

plan

A numeric vector with one entry for each precinct in shp.

measures

A character vector indicating which measures to plot. Uses guess_comp() if not supplied.

height

height, in pixels, of each image. Default is 200.

...

additional arguments. Not currently passed on.

Value

A gt::gt

Examples

rict(wv_plans, 'cd_2020') |>
  gt_plot_compactness(wv, wv$cd_2020)

Add sf Geometry Plots to a gt

Description

Add sf Geometry Plots to a gt

Usage

gt_plot_sf(tab, name, height = 100, ...)

Arguments

tab

A gt table with class gt::gt_tbl

name

Name for sf column in gt

height

height, in pixels, of each image. Default is 100

...

additional arguments passed on to geom_sf()

Value

A gt::gt

Examples

wv_dist <- wv |>
  dplyr::group_by(cd_2020) |>
  dplyr::summarize()
gt::gt(wv_dist) |> gt_plot_sf()

Create Plots for Common Compactness Metrics

Description

Create Plots for Common Compactness Metrics

Usage

plot_compactness(
  shp,
  plan,
  measure = c("Polsby Popper", "Schwartzberg", "Reock", "Convex Hull", "Length Width",
    "Skew", "Box Reock"),
  fill_color = "deeppink"
)

Arguments

shp

An sf object

plan

A numeric vector with one entry for each precinct in shp.

measure

A character indicating which measure to plot. Default is 'Polsby Popper'.

fill_color

hex or color name to fill the shape. A second entry can be provided to fill the background.

Value

list of ggplot2 plots

Examples

plot_compactness(wv, wv$cd_2020)

Create a Summary Table from Redistricting Data

Description

Creates a formatted gt::gt table summarizing redistricting plans or maps.

Usage

rict(x, plan, ...)

Arguments

x

A redist_map or redist_plans object.

plan

For redist_plans: draw name or number to display. For redist_map: column or vector of district assignments (defaults to existing plan via redist::get_existing()).

...

Additional arguments passed to methods.

Value

A gt::gt table

Examples

rict(wv)
rict(wv_plans, 'cd_2020')

Display boundary information in a table

Description

Identifies neighboring precincts along a district boundary and displays them as adjacent pairs, with one row per pair of neighboring precincts from different districts.

Usage

rict_boundary(map, plan, seam, columns, adj_col = "adj", as_gt = TRUE)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

seam

Pair of districts in plan to focus on.

columns

columns in map to display in the output

adj_col

Name of column in map that contains adjacency information.

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_boundary(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020, seam = c(1, 2), columns = pop)

Display compactness measures in a table

Description

Display compactness measures in a table

Usage

rict_compactness(
  map,
  plan,
  measures = list(comp_polsby = redistmetrics::comp_polsby, comp_schwartz =
    redistmetrics::comp_schwartz, comp_reock = redistmetrics::comp_reock, comp_ch =
    redistmetrics::comp_ch),
  as_gt = TRUE
)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

measures

a list of named functions to score compactness

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_compactness(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020)

Display population data by administrative unit in a table

Description

Display population data by administrative unit in a table

Usage

rict_component(map, plan, admin, as_gt = TRUE)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

admin

column names in map without NA values to calculate administrative splits for

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_component(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020, admin = 'county')

Display contiguity info in a table

Description

Display contiguity info in a table

Usage

rict_contiguity(map, plan, adj = NULL, adj_col = "adj", as_gt = TRUE)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

adj

An adjacency list (zero-indexed). If provided, used directly instead of looking up adj_col in map.

adj_col

Name of column in map that contains adjacency information.

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_contiguity(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020)

Display demographic data in a table

Description

Display demographic data in a table

Usage

rict_demographics(map, plan, normalize = TRUE, as_gt = TRUE)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

normalize

Logical. Should columns be normalized to percentages? Default: TRUE.

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_demographics(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020)

Display electoral data in a table

Description

Display electoral data in a table

Usage

rict_elections(map, plan, as_gt = TRUE)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_elections(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020)

Display population parity in a table

Description

Display population parity in a table

Usage

rict_population(map, plan, as_gt = TRUE)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_population(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020)

Display splits data in a table

Description

Display splits data in a table

Usage

rict_splits(
  map,
  plan,
  admin = NULL,
  subadmin = NULL,
  total = admin,
  multi = admin,
  as_gt = TRUE
)

Arguments

map

A redist_map or sf object.

plan

Column in map or vector of district assignments.

admin

column names in map without NA values to calculate administrative splits for

subadmin

column names in map with NA values to calculate administrative splits for

total

column names in map without NA values to calculate total splits for

multi

column names in map without NA values to calculate multi-splits for

as_gt

Logical. Should output be a gt table? Default: TRUE.

Value

a gt::gt_tbl if as_gt = TRUE, otherwise a tibble::tibble

Examples

rict_splits(map = wv, plan = wv$cd_2020, admin = 'state')

West Virginia Geographic Data

Description

This file contains demographic, partisan, and geographic data for West Virginia at the county level.

Format

redist_map object

GEOID

US Census Geographic Identifier

NAME

County name

state

State name

county

County name

pop

Total population

pop_hisp

Hispanic population

pop_white

White, non-Hispanic population

pop_black

Black, non-Hispanic population

pop_aian

American Indian and Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic population

pop_asian

Asian, non-Hispanic population

pop_nhpi

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic population

pop_other

Other, non-Hispanic population

pop_two

Two or More Races, non-Hispanic population

vap

voting age population

vap_hisp

Hispanic voting age population

vap_white

White, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_black

Black, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_aian

American Indian and Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_asian

Asian, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_nhpi

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_other

Other, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_two

Two or More Races, non-Hispanic voting age population

cd_2010

2010 congressional district lines smoothed to the county level

cd_2020

2020 congressional district lines

pre_20_dem_bid

votes for Biden 2020, President (D)

pre_20_rep_tru

votes for Trump 2020, President (R)

arv_20

average Republican vote in 2020

adv_20

average Democratic vote in 2020

nrv

normal Republican vote

ndv

normal Democratic vote

adj

adjacency list, zero-indexed

sample_1

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_2

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_3

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_4

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_5

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_6

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_7

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_8

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_9

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_10

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_11

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

sample_12

random sampled plan from redist 50 states project

geometry

sf geometry

Examples

data(wv)

West Virginia Redistricting Plans

Description

This file contains 10 sampled plans from the ALARM Project 50 states project and the 2020 congressional plan for WV.

Format

redist_plans object

draw

draw identifier

district

district number

total_pop

Total population

total_vap

voting age population

plan_dev

Maximum deviation from perfect population parity

comp_edge

Fraction of Edges Kept compactness

comp_polsby

Polsby Popper compactness

pop_white

White, non-Hispanic population

pop_black

Black, non-Hispanic population

pop_hisp

Hispanic population

pop_aian

American Indian and Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic population

pop_asian

Asian, non-Hispanic population

pop_nhpi

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic population

pop_other

Other, non-Hispanic population

pop_two

Two or More Races, non-Hispanic population

vap_hisp

Hispanic voting age population

vap_white

White, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_black

Black, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_aian

American Indian and Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_asian

Asian, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_nhpi

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_other

Other, non-Hispanic voting age population

vap_two

Two or More Races, non-Hispanic voting age population

pre_20_dem_bid

votes for Biden 2020, President (D)

pre_20_rep_tru

votes for Trump 2020, President (R)

arv_20

average Republican vote in 2020

adv_20

average Democratic vote in 2020

nrv

normal Republican vote

ndv

normal Democratic vote

ndshare

normal Democratic share in the district

e_dvs

expected Democratic share in the district

pr_dem

proportion of districts where Democrats win reconstructed elections

e_dem

expected number of Democratic seats

pbias

partisan bias

egap

efficiency gap

Examples

data(wv_plans)