Dave's Redistricting

Dave's Redistricting is an online web app created by Dave Bradlee that allows anyone to redistrict a U.S. state's legislative districts.[1][2]

North Carolina redistricting example using Dave's Redistricting

Purpose

According to Bradlee, the software was designed to "put power in people's hands," and so that they "can see how the process works, so it's a little less mysterious than it was 10 years ago." [3] Bradlee has noticed that many citizens are taking this process seriously and using his app to create legitimate redistricting maps that could be put in place. Some websites have called Bradlee the pioneer and cause of the rise of do-it-yourself redistricting.[4][5][6][7]

Dave's Redistricting has frequently been mentioned as a resource that can be used to combat gerrymandering, given that the public has free access to it.[4][5][7]

Political science firms such as FiveThirtyEight have used the website to draw examples of gerrymandered districts.[8][9]

Functions

Users can redraw the congressional districts for all 50 states with a given Cook PVI. With the use of PVI, any state can knowingly be gerrymandered to favor one political party over the other.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Bradlee, Dave. "Dave Bradlee". Gardow.com. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Wang, Sam. "The Great Gerrymander of 2012". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Korte, Gregory. "Technology allows citizens to be part of redistricting process". USA Today. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 Goodman, Josh. "The Rise of Do-It-Yourself Redistricting". GovTech. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 Yadron, Danny. "There Comes a Time When People Just Have to Set Boundaries". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. ↑ McDonald, Michael. "Building New Districts, Fairly and Cheaply". Cato Unbound. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. 1 2 Thompson, Clive. "Gerrymandering Has a Solution After All–It's Called Math". Wired. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 Silver, Nate. "We Drew 2,568 Congressional Districts By Hand. Here's How". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  9. ↑ Kumar, Anita. "Va. redistricting deal protects incumbents and punishes challengers, critics say". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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