An impossibility theorem for gerrymandering

DOI10.1080/00029890.2018.1517571zbMATH Open1418.91441arXiv1710.04193OpenAlexW2963682023WikidataQ128826641 ScholiaQ128826641MaRDI QIDQ4559664FDOQ4559664

Authors: Boris Alexeev, Dustin G. Mixon 

Publication date: 4 December 2018

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court is currently deliberating over whether a proposed mathematical formula should be used to detect unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. We show that in some cases, this formula will only flag bizarrely shaped districts as potentially constitutional.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.04193

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zbMATH Keywords

bizarrely-shaped districtsunconstitutional partisan gerrymandering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History, political science (91F10) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Voting theory (91B12)

Cites Work

• The isoperimetric inequality
• A Formula Goes to Court: Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gap

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• Measuring Political Gerrymandering
• Fair redistricting is hard
• Gerrymandering and Convexity

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