About the State Innovation Exchange (SiX)

SiX was founded as a nonpartisan, national resource and strategy center for state legislators working to move bold public policy that builds an equitable, resilient, and prosperous country for all. We provide a new approach to policy development and community power building by maximizing our role as an entity with a national view of policy trends, a deep knowledge of the unique needs of state legislators, substantive content experts on staff on key national progressive policy issues, and deep connection to advocates across the country; we also provide in-state expertise in targeted geographies and an organizing mindset. SiX provides state-based technical assistance, public policy research, skill and issue-based trainings, communications and polling support, convenings, and strategy sessions with state legislators, power builders, and policy advocates on a wide array of public policy topics. We utilize an organizing and service model to ensure that state legislators can be effective and well-resourced champions, with highly customized and targeted support based on the realities in their state.

The representation ratio is an estimation of how underrepresented or overrepresented a particular demographic group is based on their share of the overall adult population in each state:

  • Equal representation. An RR of 1.0 means that a group has the same level of representation in the state legislature as in the state’s adult population.
  • Overrepresentation. An RR of greater than 1.0 means that a group has more representation in the state legislature than in the state’s adult population.
  • Underrepresentation. An RR of less than 1.0 means that a group has less representation in the state legislature than in the state’s adult population.

See our Methodology Appendix for more information and a full list of sources.

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