Abstract:While gerrymandering has been widely suspected in Georgia for years, it has been difficult to quantify. We understand a plan to be a partisan gerrymander if it produces election results whose outcomes and structures are not typically seen in maps drawn only with non-partisan considerations. In particular, our use of the term gerrymandering does not make reference to any concept of proportionality and includes how the spatial distribution of the state's electorate interacts with the redistricting process.Using … Show more
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