1. Political Geography
Electoral geography

2. 2016 Electoral Map-state

3. 2016 Electoral Map-county

4. Do you see any “spatial correlations” to other maps we’ve examined?

7. Political Districts

8. Reapportionment happens every 10 years as a result of the census….
Next census?
Who does it?
State legislatures
Sometimes drawn by commissions
Guidelines?

9. Gerrymandering
Purposely drawing a district to favor one set of candidates over another
icas-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts/

10. Gerry mandering…
What kinds of factors would people map to gerrymander districts?
6-swing-the-election/

11. NY districts….