The new Sixth District was part of a statewide reconfiguration to replace a map that the court ruled was unconstitutionally skewed to favor Republicans. It is more compact than the old district, and also more favorable to Democrats. Hillary Clinton would have won it by nearly 10 percentage points, compared to a narrow 1-point win under the old lines — though the 2012 presidential race would have produced a much narrower win for the Democrats in the new territory. Half the district's voters are new to the Sixth.