NEW: Here is our big story on US Congressional redistricting so far.
Nationally, Democrats have fared surprisingly well in the maps passed so far. But they are still biased toward Republicans — the median seat will be about one point to the right.
economist.com/united-states/…
Nationally, Democrats have fared surprisingly well in the maps passed so far. But they are still biased toward Republicans — the median seat will be about one point to the right.
economist.com/united-states/…
Much will depend on what happens in the 14 states that haven't passed new maps (or were told by courts to redraw them). Here is how one measure of fairness — the efficiency gap — has changed in each state (or, for states without final maps in the average plan under consideration) 
A big story of the 2022 redistricting cycle is Democratic gerrymandering. But the data show Republicans are playing an entirely different game when it comes to packing and cracking partisans into seats. Nationwide, about 3% (8m) more Democratic votes are "wasted" than GOP votes.
The bright spot is in the four states with nonpartisan, independent redistricting commissions. There, the share of wasted votes across states declined by about 2.5 points after maps were redrawn. The efficiency gap *increased* by 3 points everywhere else economist.com/united-states/…
If you'd like more on this, the story (which is stuffed to the brim with data already) skips over some the stats and charts I've tweeted over the last week, including
Here:
And here:
Here:
https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1490712447681970179?s=20&t=95LjZJfYC65OcPytogz7zQ
And here:
https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1490340103805407235?s=20&t=TefqcxplGcDMT21k18MFug
but please do read the story so i can continue to justify to work why i need a fancy laptop economist.com/united-states/…
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