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Simulated redistricting plans for the analysis and evaluation of redistricting in the United States [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) redistricting, partisanship Technology Type(s) sequential Monte Carlo algorithm Factor Type(s) population deviation • compactness • county splits • racial composition • municipality splits Sample Characteristic - Organism Congressional ...
Cory McCartan +7 more
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Seed-Fill-Shift-Repair: A redistricting heuristic for civic deliberation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Political redistricting is the redrawing of electoral district boundaries. It is normally undertaken to reflect population changes. The process can be abused, in what is called gerrymandering, to favor one party or interest group over another, resulting ...
Christian Haas +4 more
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Court-mandated redistricting and disparities in infant mortality and deaths of despair [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Health and health disparities vary substantially by geography, including geopolitical boundaries such as United States congressional districts.
Alina Schnake-Mahl +6 more
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The Essential Role of Empirical Validation in Legislative Redistricting Simulation
Statistics and Public Policy (Philadelphia, Pa ), 2020 As granular data about elections and voters become available, redistricting simulation methods are playing an increasingly important role when legislatures adopt redistricting plans and courts determine their legality.
Benjamin Fifield +2 more
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United States Precinct Boundaries and Statewide Partisan Election Results [PDF]
Scientific DataWe describe the creation and verification of databases of all precinct boundaries used in the United States 2016, 2018, and 2020 November general elections, enhanced with election results for all partisan statewide offices.
Brian Amos +2 more
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School desegregation by redrawing district boundaries [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSchools in the United States remain heavily segregated by race and income. Previous work demonstrates districts can promote group diversity within their schools with policies like redrawing attendance zones.
Tyler Simko
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Using geoinformation tools for redistricting: Slovenian experiences [PDF]
Geographica Pannonica, 2021 Electoral districts are an important component of the electoral system, as they have a significant impact on election results. Due to the uneven spatial distribution of electoral support political parties receive, district magnitude and the geography of ...
Rogelj Boštjan, Krevs Marko
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Redistricting for Proportionality
The Forum, 2022 Abstract American democracy is currently heavily reliant on plurality in single-member districts, or PSMD, as a system of election. But public perceptions of fairness are often keyed to partisan proportionality, or the degree of congruence between each party’s share of the vote and its share of representation.
Duchin, Moon, Schoenbach, Gabe
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Isu Pemekaran Wiayah sebagai Komoditas Politik dalam Masyarakat To Pulo di Kabupaten Selayar
JPP (Jurnal Politik Profetik), 2021 Abstrak Desentralisasi penyelenggaraan pemerintahan daerah diharapkan mampu mendorong kesejahteraan sosial ekonomi masyarakat. Salah satu peluang yang bisa dilakukan adalah dengan membentuk DOB melalui redistricting.
Dwi Indriani, Sudarmono Sudarmono
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, 2022 Why not have a computer just draw a map? This is something you hear a lot when people talk about gerrymandering, and it's easy to think at first that this could solve redistricting altogether. But there are more than a couple problems with this idea. In this chapter, two computer scientists survey what's been done in algorithmic redistricting, discuss ...
Amariah Becker, Justin Solomon 0001
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