Our Mission

The Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group (MGGG) is a Boston-based working group led by Moon Duchin of Tufts University and Justin Solomon of MIT. Our mission is to study applications of geometry and computing to U.S. redistricting. We believe that gerrymandering of all kinds is a fundamental threat to our democracy.

Our goals are these:

• to pursue cutting-edge research in the basic science and practically relevant applications of geometry, topology, and computing to the redistricting problem;
• to build open-source tools and resources that create public access and analytical power for better understanding districts and their consequences;
• to partner with civil rights organizations to reexamine and strengthen the quantitative toolkit for protecting voting rights;
• to offer formal and informal expert consulting to stakeholders on all sides.

Highlights

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  Mathematics of Nested Districts: The Case of Alaska

  MGGG

  07 June 2019

  This paper analyzes a pairing rule that eight states require of their state legislative districting plans—that state Senate districts must be formed by joining adjacent pairs of House districts. From a mathematical perspective, this is a question of constructing perfect matchings on the dual graph of the House districts.

• Jobs at MGGG

  MGGG

  29 April 2019

  We will soon begin hiring for several positions (Geographer, Software Developer, and Data Scientist) through the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Letters of interest are being accepted through the end of May, by email to jobs@mggg.org.

  Read more about the positions here.

The Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group is a nonpartisan research organization. MGGG has major support from the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University and the Amar G. Bose Research Grant Program at MIT and an active partnership with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.