Compact majority-minority districts almost never exist
Combinatorics
2024-08-13 v1 Metric Geometry
Physics and Society
Abstract
For a uniformly distributed population, we show that with high probability, any majority-minority voting district containing a fraction of the population necessarily exhibits a tiny Polsby-Popper score.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2408.05832,
title = {Compact majority-minority districts almost never exist},
author = {Boris Alexeev and Dustin G. Mixon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.05832},
year = {2024}
}