A federal court has ordered the Virginia legislature to redraw 33 districts in the eastern part of the state, in order to undo a racial gerrymander. The Princeton Gerrymandering Project is pleased to announce its first open-data project. Ben Williams and Will Adler drew a proposed map for them. Explore it through our interactive […]
Entries from August 30th, 2018
We drew a fairer map for the Virginia legislature – and so can you!
August 30th, 2018, 12:40am by Sam Wang
Tags: Redistricting
Optimal Donations 2018: Senate and Governor’s races
August 26th, 2018, 4:40pm by Sam Wang
In 2016, I promised to get away from giving you probabilities. Here I show that under current conditions, you can optimize your donations without such calculations. As has been the case in past elections, I’d like to point out key races where supporters of either Democrats or Republicans will get the maximum impact for their […]
Tags: 2018 Election · governors · House · Redistricting · Senate
Thomas Hofeller, 1943-2018
August 19th, 2018, 9:59am by Sam Wang
Despite the near-certainty that Democrats will win the national popular vote for House races in November, I still estimate a 10% probability (and other forecasters, up to 25%) that Republicans will retain control. Why? Gerrymandering. More than anyone else, Tom Hofeller was responsible for the modern age of aggressive redistricting. He carried out this program […]
Tags: House · Politics · Redistricting
The Authoritarian Checklist – John Brennan / Peter Strzok update, August 2018
August 15th, 2018, 3:35pm by Sam Wang
John Brennan’s public service: -CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia -CIA chief of staff -Director of Terrorist Threat Integration Center -Director of National Counter terrorism Center -White House Homeland Security Adviser -CIA director -Briefed three presidents — Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 15, 2018 I’ve left this topic alone for some time, but we must revisit […]
Tags: President · U.S. Institutions
OH-12 is ominous for GOP in House…and the Senate
August 7th, 2018, 11:36pm by Sam Wang
At the moment, in the special election in Ohio’s gerrymandered 12th district, Republican Troy Balderson leads Democrat Danny O’Connor by 0.9 percentage point (with 0.6% of the vote going to the Green Party candidate). This is a loss for Democrats, but it’s a 10-point swing from the Clinton-Trump margin in 2016. That’s very much in […]
Tags: 2018 Election
Optimizing Your Efforts in 2018: Part II, the Senate
August 2nd, 2018, 1:04am by Sam Wang
In 2018, what’s a swing state? In many cases, it’s not the swing states that everyone focused on in 2016. How should you optimize your activism and donations? tl;dr: You can donate via the PEC ActBlue page (if you like Democrats) or the NRSC (if you like Republicans). The reason for the difference from 2016 […]
Tags: 2018 Election · Senate
Support the Princeton Gerrymandering Project!
August 1st, 2018, 12:00pm by Sam Wang
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project does nonpartisan analysis to understand and eliminate partisan gerrymandering at a state-by-state level. The Supreme Court acknowledged the validity of our math (see our great explainer video). Looking ahead, the strongest route to reform is at a state-by-state level—a federalist approach. Our interdisciplinary team aims to give activists and legislators the tools they need […]
Tags: Princeton · Redistricting
