Assignment 8
Political geography
- Using Princeton’s Gerrymandering Project, you will retrieve information for various US states and fill in the information for the chart below. Ideally you should choose a mixture of states with different grades along with those that have a sizable population and representation by more than one political party.
| State name | Partisan fairness | Competitiveness | Geographic features |
|---|---|---|---|
| State 1 | |||
| State 2 | |||
| State 3 | |||
| State 4 | |||
| State 5 |
For one of the states you selected above, take a screenshot of the most bizarrely shaped district you can find, and include it in your document.
Summarize your results in a few sentences. What surprises you? What aligns with you expectations? How does this make you feel about the democratic process in the USA?