All pain, whose gain? The surprising implications of a new legal theory for redistricting
(cross-posted with my new Substack) Lots of pixels have been spilled on a legal theory once considered fringe, the Independent State Legislatu...
Gobbledygook 101: Buttercup Petals and Partisan Gerrymandering
What do all these phenomena have in common with partisan gerrymandering?
Tools developed over a century ago can help us detect and limit partisan gerrymandering today. Maps and geometry by themselves won’t do the job. Find out why in our new Vox explainer.
Image: table from Karl Pearson’s original 1895 paper on the mean-median difference.
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Somehow this seems related, but I’m not sure why:
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/01/pure-nerd-fun-grasshopper-problem.html