Congressional Redistricting

Authors

C. David Robshaw, Augsburg University

Files

Faculty Mentor

Matthew J. Haines, Ph.D. and John M. Zobitz, Ph.D.

Description

To identify when gerrymandering occurs, one can study compactness measures of districts. After determining that some measures of compactness alone are insufficient to identify fair or biased district boundaries, this study's investigation continues by focusing on wasted votes. Using wasted votes, a procedure is developed and coded in R that takes a given congressional district map and alters it to provide a redistricting of desired fair or partisan results.

Publication Date

5-1-2020

Keywords

redistricting, gerrymandering

Disciplines

American Politics | Applied Mathematics

Recommended Citation

Robshaw, C. David, "Congressional Redistricting" (2020). All Zyzzogeton Presentations. 18.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/zyzzogeton/18