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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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The Supreme Court Review of Gerrymandering
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by George H. Pike
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The intersection of data analysis and voters' rights was before the U.S. Supreme Court last week as it took up a case exploring the constitutional limits of partisan gerrymandering. On Oct. 3, the court heard oral arguments in the case of Gill v. Whitford, a challenge to Wisconsin's 2011 legislative redistricting plan. The lawsuit claims that Republican legislators used sophisticated computer and data modeling tools to create legislative districts that were designed to give the party an overwhelming majority of seats in the state legislature. Opponents assert that Wisconsin's political geography, and not data analytics, was the driving force behind the plan.
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What's New From Pew Research Center
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by Brandi Scardilli
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NewsBreaks often covers the latest surveys and reports from Pew Research Center, "a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world." Its website has eight topic sections, each of which showcases the latest research, which is collected in reports, fact sheets, or other formats that extrapolate respondents' answers to cover the entire U.S. population. ... Here's a roundup of the latest news from each section.
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The Future of Information Sharing (3:59)
Lee Rainie, Director, Internet and Technology Research, Pew Research Center, projects the future of information sharing online and its social, cultural, and economic impact as foreseen by analysts and experts surveyed by Pew in this clip from his keynote at Data Summit Connect 2020.
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