Using Mathematics to Understand How Gerrymandering Affects Partisan Voting Power

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Brief Overview

The authors contribute their own model, showing that even a slight partisan majority in a state leads one to predict that most possible ways of drawing districts will result in a heavy bias toward that majority.

Authors

• Brian Hollenbeck, Emporia State University

• Deborah Hann, Emporia State University