Taming the Gerrymander--Statistical Physics Approach to Political Districting Problem

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2005-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511237v1

Physics

Physics and Society

9 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.082

The Political Districting Problem is mapped to a $q$-state Potts model in which the constraints can be written as interactions between sites or external fields acting on the system. Districting into $q$ voter districts is equivalent to finding the ground state of this $q$-state Potts model. We illustrate this by districting Taipei city in its 2008 Legislature Election. Statistical properties of the model are also studied.

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