Political Districting
A Buchanan - Encyclopedia of Optimization, 2023 - Springer
In the USA, districts typically are singlemember and use plurality voting (“candidate with the
most votes wins”). This includes all congressional districts (which elect individuals to the US …
most votes wins”). This includes all congressional districts (which elect individuals to the US …
[PDF][PDF] Political districting to optimize the Polsby-Popper compactness score with application to voting rights
In the academic literature and in expert testimony, the Polsby-Popper score is the most
popular way to measure the compactness of a political district. Given a district with area A …
popular way to measure the compactness of a political district. Given a district with area A …
A widespread belief about county splits in political districting plans is wrong
A Buchanan, S Ezazipour… - Available at SSRN …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Consider the task of dividing a state into d contiguous political districts whose populations
must not differ by more than one person. A widely held belief among districting experts is …
must not differ by more than one person. A widely held belief among districting experts is …