Regular readers of this blog know that in the Democratic primary, small numbers can have big effects, and numbers can be shaped for political gain. Those are hardly new characteristics of American ...

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Dec., 1977), pp. 607-618 (12 pages) A (generalized) Huntington method for apportioning representatives among states, or seats among parties, is one ...

Mathematics came to the Supreme Court this week in the form of the efficiency gap, a proposed formula for detecting gerrymandering. State legislators along with the nine justices might ask: Is this ...

Former Gov. Howard Dean told VTDigger.org on Saturday that he supports Green Mountain Power’s “hostile takeover” bid for Central Vermont Public Service. “I am supportive of it,” Dean said. “The reason ...