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High-Volume Offline Scoring of Plans

In this post I describe how and why I used code and data that Dave’s Redistricting (DRA) makes available to researchers (post) to “score”…

Nov 9, 2023

Figure 1: Sample code using analyze_plan()

Nov 9, 2023

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Collaboration Scenarios

Dave’s Redistricting has a rich collection of features for collaborating with others on maps.

Apr 23, 2023

Collaboration Scenarios

Apr 23, 2023

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Using Updated Precincts

Now, in addition to the precincts that states reported to the Census Bureau for the 2020 census, when some or all of the precincts in a…

Dec 8, 2022

Using Updated Precincts

Dec 8, 2022

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Apportionment & Redistricting

How have apportionment and redistricting changed the congressional landscape? The new maps suggest a very small net gain for Democrats, but…

Jun 16, 2022

Apportionment & Redistricting

Jun 16, 2022

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Using DRA Repositories

This note describes how to setup public DRA repositories. The directions below assume:

Jan 31, 2022

Jan 31, 2022

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Coloring Precincts By Partisan Swing

You can now color precincts by the “swing” in the two-party vote share between two elections (or election composites).

Jan 23, 2022

Coloring Precincts By Partisan Swing

Jan 23, 2022

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Doing Research With DRA

This post outlines how you can use DRA for research & analysis.

Jan 12, 2022

Doing Research With DRA

Jan 12, 2022

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Managing Colors

You’ve always been able to manually change an individual district’s color in Map Settings. Now we’ve added rich support for alternate…

Dec 16, 2021

Managing Colors

Dec 16, 2021

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Working With Groups

The Groups feature in DRA 2020 gives you the ease of sharing that you get by Publish-ing maps but restricted to a membership-based group —…

Nov 16, 2021

Working With Groups

Nov 16, 2021

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Ratings: Deep Dive

On the Analyze tab in DRA, we rate five key dimensions of redistricting maps: proportionality, competitiveness, opportunity for minority…

Oct 9, 2021

Ratings: Deep Dive

Oct 9, 2021

Alec Ramsay

Alec Ramsay

I synthesize large complex domains into easy-to-understand conceptual frameworks: I create simple maps of complex territories.

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