Ep.131 Redistricting and American Democracy

<p>Scholars, practitioners, advocates and students gathered recently at Duke University to examine the topic of redistricting, the process of drawing congressional boundaries.</p> <p><a href="https://polis.duke.edu/redistricting/">The conference</a> included judges and mathematicians, investigative reporters, and more. Each contributed insights to try and untangle the complex web that redistricting had become.</p> <p>This episode includes comments from:</p> <ul> <li>James Andrew Wynn, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</li> <li><a href= "https://scholars.duke.edu/person/jonathan.mattingly"><u>Jonathan Mattingly</u></a>, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Duke University</li> <li><a href= "https://dewitt.sanford.duke.edu/people/m-tyler-dukes/"><u>Tyler Dukes</u></a>, Investigative Reporter, Raleigh News & Observer and Adjunct Instructor in the Sanford School of Public Policy</li> <li><a href="https://jwpf.org/team/james-arthur-art-pope/"><u>Art Pope</u></a>, Chairman, John William Pope Foundation</li> <li><a href="https://www.volckeralliance.org/thomas-w-ross"><u>Tom Ross</u></a>, President, The Volcker Alliance and Co-Chair, North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform</li> </ul> <p>Guest: Professor Deondra Rose, Director of <a href= "https://polis.duke.edu/">Polis, the Center for Politics at Duke University.</a></p>