Redistricting has traditionally been done by pen and paper politicians and technocrats. This is changing. Mathematicians and Data scientists are being recruited to use tech to shape districts. The results are significant. This article by Briana Bierschbach is published by StarTribune. Here is an excerpt:

Political map-making requires a tedious series of adjustments, each one with the potential to disrupt the balance.

Trying to evenly redistribute population among districts — required by the U.S. Constitution each decade after the census count — may mean dividing a county or city. A district that’s physically compact might also be one that splits up a minority community.

But what if a computer could do all that monotonous work instead?

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