146. Is There a Fair Way to Divide Us?

Moon Duchin is a math professor at Cornell University whose theoretical work has practical applications for voting and democracy. Why is striving for fair elections so difficult?

• SOURCE:• Moon Duchin (publicpolicy.cornell.edu/people/moon-duchin), professor of mathematics at Cornell University.

• RESOURCES:• "Gerrymandering: The Origin Story (blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/07/gerrymandering-the-o…)," by Neely Tucker (Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress, 2024).
• "Redistricting for Proportionality (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=45…)," by Gabe Schoenbach and Moon Duchin (The Forum, 2023).
• "The Atlas Of Redistricting (projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps)," by Aaron Bycoffe, Ella Koeze, David Wasserman, and Julia Wolfe (FiveThirtyEight, 2018).
• "In a Comically Drawn Pennsylvania District, the Voters Are Not Amused (nytimes.com/2018/01/26/us/pennsylvania-gerryma…)," by Trip Gabriel (The New York Times, 2018).

• EXTRAS:• "Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble? (freakonomics.com/podcast/why-are-boys-and-men-…)" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
• "Is This the Future of High School? (freakonomics.com/podcast/is-this-the-future-of…)" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).

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