Download This PaperThe Terminology of Districting
21 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2020 Last revised: 31 Mar 2020
Date Written: March 30, 2020
Abstract
We seek to aid those interested in redistricting and gerrymandering by providing a glossary that identifies and defines (a) key geographic concepts related to districting, (b) forms of gerrymandering, (c) tools/techniques used to implement gerrymandering, and (d) metrics proposed to measure gerrymandering.
Keywords: redistricting; gerrymandering; apportionment
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Grofman, Bernard and Cervas, Jonathan, The Terminology of Districting (March 30, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3540444 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3540444
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