Associate Professor of Public Policy | American Politics | Harvard Kennedy Schoolhttps://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.social/post/3lxfbb6slrc2gIn Hawaii, ~40% of voters in the 2024 Pres. election went for Republicans. But Hawaii has no Republican congressional seats. Does this mean its map is a terrible gerrymander? I've noticed a lot of discussions online making points similar to this one. I wrote a post, linked below, on this question. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/less-proportional-congressional-maps-also-fair-benjamin-schneer-xi3ce27 Aug 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:4vcej2eadlak43b72aipdmj6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfbb6slrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.social/post/3lxa42fjvfk2nRecently did a Q&A/Explainer on the current gerrymandering "wars". Check it out if you are catching up on the fight over gerrymandering in Texas, California and beyond... https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/politics/explainer-understanding-mid-decade-redistricting-push-texas25 Aug 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:4vcej2eadlak43b72aipdmj6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxa42fjvfk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.social/post/3lwhjkrhso22lSpoke with the Austin American-Statesman and shared some data about the impact of redistricting in Travis County. More than half the people in the county will be reshuffled into new congressional districts and only one of these will remain rooted in Austin. See archive.ph/7DcuX for full article.15 Aug 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:4vcej2eadlak43b72aipdmj6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwhjkrhso22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.social/post/3lwesbc534s25I've been thinking through the implications of extreme gerrymandering for several years now. Today I wrote an article in Time that lays out the problem and describes one solution. We think that we need a "partisan" solution to partisan gerrymandering. https://time.com/7309565/americas-gerrymandering-problem-fix/14 Aug 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:4vcej2eadlak43b72aipdmj6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwesbc534s25https://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.social/post/3lvv6p264us24You may have noticed things are happening fast in the world of redistricting… I along with @maxwellpalmer.com and @simko.bsky.social wrote an article last week (though published today) that analyzes the changes to the congressional district map in Texas, and particularly San Antonio. https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/texas-republican-extreme-gerrymandering-20804672.php08 Aug 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:4vcej2eadlak43b72aipdmj6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvv6p264us24https://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.social/post/3lvqjqigaw22jReally enjoyed speaking with Julie Rose on the Top of Mind podcast about the responsiveness of Congress to constituents and congressional petitioning! https://youtu.be/3TEEcTTo6Sw?t=98606 Aug 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:4vcej2eadlak43b72aipdmj6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqjqigaw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benschneer.bsky.social/post/3lrsss2clus22Please check out the thread and paper @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social, @maxwellpalmer.com, and I wrote below. We started this project a LONG time ago, and could never have anticipated exactly how timely it would be when it finally was published. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:4vcej2eadlak43b72aipdmj6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsss2clus22