## Online resources to learn more about gerrymandering - [Quantifying Gerrymandering](https://sites.duke.edu/quantifyinggerrymandering/quantifying-gerrymandering/) [Jonathan Mattingly](https://sites.math.duke.edu/~jonm/), Christy Vaughn Graves, [Greg Herschlag](https://scholars.duke.edu/person/gjh) and more. - The [Princeton Gerrymandering Project](https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/), led by [Samuel Wang](https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/team/) - [ALARM Project](https://alarm-redist.org/): Data analysis for all [50 states](https://alarm-redist.org/fifty-states/). The Algorithm-Assisted Redistricting Methodology (ALARM) Project is a research group directed by Co-PIs [Kosuke Imai](https://imai.fas.harvard.edu/), [Christopher T. Kenny](https://christophertkenny.com/), [Cory McCartan](https://corymccartan.com/), and [Tyler Simko](https://tylersimko.com/). - The [Electoral Innovation Lab](https://www.electoral-lab.org/) I have also posted a short timeline for the explosion of gerrymandering that began in 2025: [[The 2025 move to brazen gerrymandering]]. And here is an August 21, 2026 snapshot of the Redistricting Report Card maintained by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. [![[Gerrymandering-ReportCard.png]]](https://nervous-noyce-f2ebc6.netlify.app/) ## Expository articles - "[Geometry versus Gerrymandering](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geometry-versus-gerrymandering/)" by [Moon Duchin](https://mggg.org/people/mduchin/). *Scientific American*, Nov 1, 2018. ![[gerrymandering-sciam.png]] - "[This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will every see](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/01/this-is-the-best-explanation-of-gerrymandering-you-will-ever-see/?utm_term=.c0911b04d7aa)." (Washington Post, March 1, 2015) ![[gerrymandering-washpost.png]] - "[Detecting Gerrymandering with Mathematics](https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/detecting-gerrymandering-with-mathematics/)" by Lakshmi Chandrasekaran. SIAM News, July 2, 2018 - "[The Impact of Generative Models and Social Choice Theory in Elections](https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-impact-of-generative-models-and-social-choice-theory-in-elections/)" by Manuchehr Aminian. SIAM News, March 3, 2025. ## Academic articles - "[Quantifying gerrymandering in North Carolina](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2020.1796400)" Herschlog et al. *Statistics and Public Policy* Vol 7. No. 1, 30-38. ( [[2020 Herschlag Quantifying Gerrymandering NC.pdf]] ) - "Gerrymandering: A sampling approach" by Nicholas Tomlin, Timothy Sudijono, and Shivam Nadimpalli. - “[Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evaluations of Partisan Fairness in District-Based Democracies](https://gking.harvard.edu/symmetry).” Jonathan N. Katz, Gary King, and Elizabeth Rosenblatt. (2020) American Political Science Review, 114, 1, Pp. 164-178. [Publisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305541900056X) Copy at [https://tinyurl.com/yyz7bss4](https://tinyurl.com/yyz7bss4) ## The efficiency gap perspective - "[Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gap](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2457468)" by Nicholas O. Stephanopoulous and Eric McGhee. *The University of Chicago Law Review,* 82:831 (2015) - "[Proving Partisan Gerrymandering with the Efficiency Gap](https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/proving-partisan-gerrymandering-efficiency-gap)" by Robin I. Mordfin (Sept 25, 2017) - "[A Formula Goes to Court](https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/1705.10812)" by Mira Bernstein and Moon Duchin, arXiv:1705.10812 - "[Spanning Trees and Redistricting: New Methods for Sampling and Validation](https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/24M166944X)" Sarah Cannon, Moon Duchin, Dana Randall, and Parker Rule. *SIAM Review*. Vol 68, No. 2 (2026)