NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer talks to filmmakers Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance about Slay the Dragon, their documentary about gerrymandering in the United States. All Things Considered See also: slaythedragonfilm.com Read more »
Geography and gerrymander
… In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the national popular vote by less than two-tenths of a percentage point, while winning some 1,155 of the nation’s 3,143 counties. In 2012, Barack Obama won the popular vote by 4 points but took just 705 counties. Four years ago, Hillary Clinton won […] Read more »
Five myths about elections
The way Americans pick their leaders, in high-stakes elections where candidates battle to distinguish themselves from one another, can feel nasty, fierce, aggressive and even desperate. In a democratic republic, that’s exactly as it should be. But the process is also plagued by myths and errors about how the system […] Read more »
California Issues Poll Reveals Voters’ Attitudes on New Voting Procedures and Political Reform
With less than two weeks before the March 3 Primary Election, many potential California voters surveyed still aren’t clear about new Voters’ Choice Act (VCA) voting procedures put into place for the first time in 15 California counties, according to a poll conducted by the USC Price School of Public […] Read more »
New electoral map comes into focus ahead of 2020 census
The coming year is going to be about more than choosing a new president; it’s going to be about creating a new Electoral College map. The 2020 Census will lead to a new congressional apportionment that will lead to a new path to the 270 electoral votes for winning the […] Read more »
Gerrymandering is alive and well. The coming battle will be bigger than ever.
The gerrymandering wars are heading South. A number of Southern states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, are prime targets for partisan gerrymandering as the congressional redistricting process gets underway after next year’s statehouse elections, experts said. … America’s decennial congressional redistricting process — when roughly even-sized House districts […] Read more »