Thanks to citizen initiatives, 2018 was a surprisingly good year for voting rights. Florida’s Amendment 4, approved by a wide margin in November, would restore voting rights to 1.4 million people who have served their time for felony convictions. (In Florida, an example of a felony conviction is selling beer to a minor.) But a […]
Entries Tagged as '2020 Election'
Miami-Dade County to the rescue on Florida voting rights
July 24th, 2019, 11:50am by Sam Wang
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Seven Steps Of Boom And (usually) Bust: Harris and Williamson at Step 2…Biden at Step 6?
June 28th, 2019, 12:08am by Sam Wang
So again, not to bang this drum too hard, but this is the thing about search traffic and the like not being a proxy for voter intention. https://t.co/ugJxqzDimO — Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) June 28, 2019 In such a crowded field, it’s inevitable that some candidate will get a boomlet. How long does a boomlet last, […]
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Gerrymandering is in the news…in Bustle!
April 15th, 2019, 1:36pm by Sam Wang
Truly it is now cool to care about gerrymandering. Check out this great article in Bustle. It features Princeton Gerrymandering Project’s own Hannah Wheelen and Ben Williams. Also Katie Fahey, Justin Levitt – they went deep and talked to the right people! To quote Ben: “Gerrymandering isn’t the issue you have to care about most, […]
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Optimal Donations, 2018 (Runoff Edition)
November 24th, 2018, 8:42am by Sam Wang
Election season’s not quite over. We have two high-profile runoffs, one for Georgia Secretary of State and one for Mississippi U.S. Senate. In both cases, no candidate reached 50%, as required by state law there. Both races are highly consequential. Therefore the thermometer at left has been updated. The Georgia Secretary of State race goes […]
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Voter rights expansion is on the ballot next week!
October 31st, 2018, 11:50am by Sam Wang
Voter-ID and voter-suppression efforts are in the news. But there is also big positive news under the radar. Ballot initiatives across the nation would register, re-enfranchise, and re-empower millions of voters. Numerically, these effects are 8-10% of voting-age adults – they are far larger than the effects of voter-ID laws. (Unfortunately, they’re in different states.) In […]
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Ursula’s optimization problem
October 15th, 2018, 11:04am by Sam Wang
Ursula Kwong-Brown, a composer and multimedia artist, had an optimization problem. She’s spent over 10 years in higher education and often had to move several times a year, and sometimes spent time at home with her parents. She’s registered to vote in more districts than she can count! Where to vote? Thankfully, it’s legal to […]
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Game over in Pennsylvania!
March 19th, 2018, 3:49pm by Sam Wang
Today came two rulings. First, a three-judge court turned down a challenge to the redrawn Pennyslvania Congressional map. Then, a few hours later, the U.S. Supreme Court did the same. These were long-shot cases, since they would have involved finding that the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Constitution was in conflict with the United States Constitution, for example […]
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Democratic Party nominating rules for 2020
January 3rd, 2018, 8:52am by Sam Wang
Happy new year, all! It’s too early to say who is in the running for the Democratic Party nomination for the Presidency. However, the shape of the playing field is starting to emerge. Courtesy of Josh Putnam at Frontloading HQ, here’s a rundown (in three parts) over recent rules changes. My insta-reaction: Primaries versus caucuses: […]
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