Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evaluations of Partisan Fairness in District-Based Democracies

• In Event: Gerrymandered Districts and Partisan Bias

Brief Overview

We clarify the theoretical foundations of partisan fairness standards for district-based electoral systems and pare assumptions down to their essential components. We use this framework evaluate approaches in the literature.

Authors

• Jonathan N. Katz, California Institute of Technology

• Gary King, Harvard University

• Elizabeth Rosenblatt, Harvard University