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How effective is the efficiency gap?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2023

Thomas Q. Sibley
Thomas Q. Sibley*
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Department of Mathematics, College of St. Benedict, St. John’s University, St. Joseph, MN 56374 USA e-mail: tsibley@csbsju.edu
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Gerrymandering has affected U. S. politics since at least 1812. A political cartoon that year decried this tactic by then Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry. (Gerrymandering is manipulating the boundaries of districts to benefit a group unfairly.)

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 107 , Issue 569 , July 2023 , pp. 218 - 224
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© The Authors, 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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