Evaluating the Effect of Gerrymandering on Partisan Bias in State Legislatures

• In Event: Electoral Districting in the United States

Brief Overview

To improve upon prior research that use simulated districts to evaluate the effect of gerrymandering, we use a more realistic simulation procedure that maintains county boundaries and complies with the voting rights act.

Authors

• Jowei Chen, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• David Cottrell, University of Georgia