What data did you need / have / use?

  • party affiliation / voter registration
  • precinct past voting
  • population density
  • race

How were you able to manipulate districts to the advantage of one side?

  • particular parties are found in particular places
  • hard to make districts continuous while also factoring in other issues

How do districts look when gerrymandered compared to when representation is fair?

  • D’s tend to compact and urban and R’s tend to be spread out and rural

What does fair representation mean?

  • make sure that each party has equal representation in a district
  • make sure that people have their issues represented along with people with similar issues

How can we provide fair representation?

  • legally we must fairly represent people of different races
  • statistics: efficiency gap, breaking up counties, compactness, competitiveness