Reverse Gerrymandering Index: An Analysis of US House Elections from 1872 to 2022

• In Event: Spatial Methods and Election Modeling

Brief Overview

This paper presents RGIx, a new measure of gerrymandering that is easily applied, versatile, and less biased than most existing measures. It then uses RGIx to analyze the evolution of gerrymandering in US House elections from 1902 to 2022.

Author

• Bernard Tamas, Valdosta State University