Introduction to the declination function for gerrymanders
Physics and Society
2018-03-14 v1 Applications
Abstract
The declination is a quantitative method for identifying possible partisan gerrymanders by analyzing vote distributions. In this expository note we explain and motivate the definition of the declination. The minimal computer code required for computing the declination is included. We end by computing its value on several recent elections.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1803.04799,
title = {Introduction to the declination function for gerrymanders},
author = {Gregory S. Warrington},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.04799},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
8 pages, 11 figures, python code, introduction to work in arXiv:1705.09393