Crafting a Judicially Manageable Standard for Partisan Gerrymandering: Five Necessary Elements

Keywords

Gerrymandering, Statutory law, Supreme court, Redistricting, Political science

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• Tools for identifying partisan gerrymandering with an application to congressional districting in PennsylvaniaJonathan Cervas, Bernard Grofman — 2020
• Partisan Gerrymandering: Weeds in the Political ThicketRichard L. Engstrom — 2019
• The Terminology of DistrictingBernard Grofman, Jonathan Cervas — 2020
• A Measure of Partisan Advantage in RedistrictingJon X. Eguia — 2021
• Bounds and Bugs: The Limits of Symmetry Metrics to Detect Partisan GerrymanderingDeFord, Daryl, Veomett, Ellen — 2024
• A decomposition of partisan advantage in electoral district mapsJeffrey Barton, Jon X. Eguia — 2024
• Assessing Gerrymandering after the 2020 CensusDaniel B. Magleby, Michael D. McDonald — 2025
• Can State Courts Cure Partisan Gerrymandering: Lessons from League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2018)Jonathan Cervas, Bernard Grofman — 2018
• Optimal Voting and Voting-Districts; and Relationships between Constitutions and the Size of GovernmentMichael C. I. Nwogugu — 2021

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