However, the district has favored Republican presidential candidates recently.

Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2-to-1 ratio, and the district usually favors Democratic candidates, but half of the registered voters are independents.

Because Culberson opposed secession and his district favored it, he resigned his legislative seat.

The district has favored right leaning parties since its creation.

State legislatures draw the new boundaries, and because most legislatures are Democratic, the newly created districts have traditionally favored Democrats.

On paper, the new district favored Kee, who retained 65 percent of his former territory.

The 1st district, which is majority-minority and already strongly favored Democrats, favored them even more so after redistricting.

The district and its antecedents favored Progressive Conservative candidates in recent years.

He says the new district favors him and could reverse the 1988 results, when he lost by fewer than 6,000 votes.

Her polls show that the district strongly favors abortion rights.