| 2010 |
5/30/2017 |
Districts - Congressional
Gerrymander
Statistical analysis |
Report |
Brennan Center for Justice |
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Extreme Maps. By Laura Royden and Michael Li. Contents include: Efficiency Gap Analysis / Seats-to-Votes Curve Analysis / Mean-Median Difference Analysis. The study assesses the extent and durability of "partisan bias" - the degree of systematic advantage one party receives over another in turning votes into seats.(587 KB)
40 pages
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| 2010 |
12/0/2015 |
Districts - Congressional
Gerrymander
Statistical analysis
Census geography |
Article (Magazine/Journal) |
Research & Politics |
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The case of the disappearing bias: A 2014 update to the "Gerrymandering or Geography" debate. By Nicholas Goedert.(430 KB)
6 pages
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| 2010 |
3/15/2017 |
Map production
Technology evaluation
Redistricting principles/theory
Statistical analysis |
Working Paper |
Fitfield, Benjamin |
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A New Automated Redistricting Simulator Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo. By Benjamin Fitfield, Michael Higgins, Kosuke Imai, and Alexander Tarr. Proposes and tests new algorithms to find an optimal redistricting plan.(6802 KB)
51 pages
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| 2010 |
0/0/2013 |
Compactness
Gerrymander
Statistical analysis
Census geography |
Article (Magazine/Journal) |
Quarterly Journal of Political Science |
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Unintentional Gerrymandering: Political Geography and Electoral Bias in Legislatures. By Jowei Chen and Jonathan Rodden.(8670 KB)
31 pages
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| 2010 |
12/21/2015 |
Gerrymander
Redistricting principles/theory
Statistical analysis |
Report |
Stanford University |
Whitford v. Gill (Nichol) - 3:15-cv-00421 (D.C. Wis. 2015) |
Rebuttal Report. By Simon Jackman. Confirms the validity of the efficiency gap as a measure of partisan gerrymandering and the reasonableness of the 0.07 threshold. Document #63 submitted in the Wisconsin case Whitford v. Gill/Nichol.(669 KB)
27 pages
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| 2010 |
4/20/2017 |
Gerrymander
Redistricting principles/theory
Statistical analysis |
Article (Magazine/Journal) |
University of Chicago Law Review |
LULAC v. Perry - 05-204 | 548 U.S. 399 (2006) | Civil Action No. SA-11-CA-855-OLG-JES-XR |
Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gap. By Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos and Eric M. McGhee. Compares the efficiency gap standard to the partisan bias standard that was used to decide LULAC v. Perry in 2006.(528 KB)
70 pages
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| 1990 |
4/0/1995 |
Compactness
Gerrymander
Statistical analysis |
Presentation/Testimony |
Altman, Micah |
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The Consistency and Effectiveness of Mandatory District Compactness Rules by Micah Altman; prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, April 6-9, 1995(21458 KB)
56 pages
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