Today I filed a brief in the S.Ct. gerrymandering case with some of the best elections scholars in the country. https://t.co/2Wm43rrnEK — Heather Gerken (@GerkenHeather) August 31, 2017 Today we submitted our amicus brief (read the PDF) in the case of Gill v. Whitford. The authors are Heather Gerken, Jonathan N. Katz, Gary King, Larry Sabato, […]
Entries from August 30th, 2017
Amicus Brief in Gill v. Whitford
August 30th, 2017, 10:39pm by Sam Wang
Tags: Redistricting · U.S. Institutions
Gerrymandering vs. Math: Who will win?
August 29th, 2017, 2:23pm by Sam Wang
From Emily Bazelon, a sharp look at partisan gerrymandering. Her thinking and analysis will resonate with fans of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. We’ll have more coverage soon, once the Supreme Court amicus filing deadline has passed…
Tags: Redistricting
Democratic Partisan Gerrymanders, 1972-present
August 23rd, 2017, 12:39am by Sam Wang
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project makes it easy to browse all gerrymandering offenses for a given year. We are now starting to cross-reference these offenses with who had control over the redistricting process. It’s a daunting task, but our statistical analyst Brian Remlinger is on the case. Brian has found something interesting: from 1972 until now, […]
Tags: House · Redistricting
Politics & Polls: Charlottesville and our broken public discourse
August 17th, 2017, 12:09pm by Sam Wang
The route between public outrage and consequences for President Trump seems quite broken. Why? Julian Zelizer and I chew it over in the new Politics & Polls. The opening is especially lively. Later we get into the regular nerdery.
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project is live!
August 4th, 2017, 7:34am by Sam Wang
I am happy to announce our revamped site at gerrymander.princeton.edu. This is part of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project’s tooling up for the coming several years of work by courts and reformers. The site now has an interactive map showing the results of three simple gerrymandering tests, applied in all the states. It allows you to […]
Tags: Redistricting · Site News
