What comes next in the fight against partisan gerrymandering John Sides - October 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72699" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators rally with cutouts of congressional
Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court’s big gerrymandering case Barry Burden - October 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_35493" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Karen Bleier/Agence France-Presse)[/caption] On Tuesday, the
This is why Democrats lose in ‘rural’ postindustrial America Jonathan Rodden - February 14, 2017 [caption id="attachment_48344" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Voters line up Thursday, Oct. 20,
‘Red’ America is an illusion. Postindustrial towns go for Democrats. Jonathan Rodden - February 14, 2017 [caption id="attachment_45922" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter wears an “I voted”
This map will change how you think about American voters — especially small-town, heartland white voters Jonathan Rodden - October 31, 2016 In perhaps the most painful gaffe of his 2008 campaign,
Here’s how Alexander Hamilton would understand Russia’s regional debt crisis Thomas Remington - March 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37691" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Carleigh Bettiol, left, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie
The most popular Monkey Cage posts in 2014 Kim Yi Dionne - December 31, 2014 2014 was Monkey Cage's first full calendar year at The
Is segregation the problem in Ferguson? Jonathan Rodden - August 18, 2014 Over the last few days, punditry about Ferguson, Mo., has
Are the Democrats still at a disadvantage in redistricting? Eric McGhee - July 9, 2013 To what extent are Democrats inherently disadvantaged in congressional elections
Navigating Debates about Redistricting John Sides - December 12, 2012 People feel passionately about redistricting. They don't like how it's
Vote and population density Andrew Gelman - December 6, 2012 Aleks sends along this graph: The axis labels are at
Redistricting does not explain why House Democrats got a majority of the vote and a minority of the seats Eric McGhee - November 14, 2012 In the wake of the 2012 House elections, it looks
Political Geography and 2012 U.S. House Vote - November 10, 2012 Yesterday at the Washington Post's Fix blog, Aaron Blake observed
Cool visualization of precinct-level votes Andrew Gelman - October 29, 2012 Jonathan Rodden sends along this interactive webmap of 2008 precinct
Senator Rubio’s Support among Latino Sub-Groups - May 1, 2012 As a recent Time magazine cover and a host of
Tobler’s Law, Urbanization, and Electoral Bias: Why Compact, Contiguous Districts are Bad for the Democrats Andrew Gelman - November 16, 2009 Jonathan Rodden and Jowei Chen sent me this article: When
Does Religion Distract the Poor? John Sides - July 30, 2008 Why don't governments redistribute more wealth to the less fortunate