Third Draft

Alabama's 140-Year Class War, with Steve Suitts
There were once glimmers of an interracial class politics in Alabama. Where did it go?
Jul 10 • Greg Volynsky
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The Math Problem That Went to Court
How the gerrymandering puzzle became a trap
Jul 1 • Greg Volynsky

June 2026

Don’t Compare the Map to the Almighty
Why it's really, really hard to measure gerrymandering
Jun 28 • Greg Volynsky
What is Proportionality, Anyway?
Part I of “How Votes Become Seats,” a Third Draft series on gerrymandering, geography, and representation.
Jun 18 • Greg Volynsky
How Reapportionment Changed American Politics, with Stephen Ansolabehere
Reapportionment is the most significant institutional change in American politics in a century
Jun 12 • Greg Volynsky
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When Constitutional Duty Becomes Inconvenient: California, 1921
Part 1 of a series on reapportionment, and why equal representation proved easy to command and hard to deliver.
Jun 10 • Greg Volynsky
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