Monthly Archives: October 2013

A GIS analysis of Gerrymandering compared to OPRA

Posted on October 26, 2013 by NoahKennedy

I ran across a very interesting blog post by a creative GIS specialist named Blake Harvey, on his Geo Ideas blog. In it, he proposed a formula for measuring gerrymandering, and he proposed this ranking for states based on his … Continue reading →

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North Carolina gerrymandering and the government shutdown

Posted on October 20, 2013 by NoahKennedy

If you’re visual like me, and focused on the pernicious politics of gerrymandering as I am, you will be drawn to this map North Carolina’s eastern Congressional Districts: Google map scraped from www.govtrack.us, a great site for browsing

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