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most citedThe Impact of the U.S. Census Disclosure Avoidance System on Redistricting and Voting Rights Analysis

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stat.AP2025

Gerrymandering and geographic polarization have reduced electoral competition

Ethan Jasny, Christopher T. Kenny, Cory McCartan +8

Changes in political geography and electoral district boundaries shape representation in the United States Congress. To disentangle the effects of geography and gerrymandering, we…

stat.AP2024

Redistricting Reforms Reduce Gerrymandering by Constraining Partisan Actors

Cory McCartan, Christopher T. Kenny, Tyler Simko +3

Political actors often manipulate redistricting plans to gain electoral advantages, a process known as gerrymandering. Several states have implemented institutional reforms to addr…

stat.AP2022★ 9 cited

Comment: The Essential Role of Policy Evaluation for the 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System

Christopher T. Kenny, Shiro Kuriwaki, Cory McCartan +3

In "Differential Perspectives: Epistemic Disconnects Surrounding the US Census Bureau's Use of Differential Privacy," boyd and Sarathy argue that empirical evaluations of the Censu…

stat.AP2022★ 25 cited

Simulated redistricting plans for the analysis and evaluation of redistricting in the United States

Cory McCartan, Christopher T. Kenny, Tyler Simko +5

This article introduces the 50stateSimulations, a collection of simulated congressional districting plans and underlying code developed by the Algorithm-Assisted Redistricting Meth…

stat.AP2021★ 116 cited

The Impact of the U.S. Census Disclosure Avoidance System on Redistricting and Voting Rights Analysis

Christopher T. Kenny, Shiro Kuriwaki, Cory McCartan +3

The US Census Bureau plans to protect the privacy of 2020 Census respondents through its Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS), which attempts to achieve differential privacy guarantee…