Legislative Redistricting in Montana

Authors

Kelly L. McKinnie, University of Montana, Missoula
Dave Patterson, University of Montana, Missoula

Document Type

Presentation Abstract

Presentation Date

11-7-2022

Abstract

The Districting and Apportionment Commission of the state of Montana is currently re-drawing the district lines for its 100 house seats. When this job is complete (November/December 2022), they will pair the 100 house seats to make 50 senate seats. In this talk we will explore what an ensemble of legislative maps created using a Monte Carlo Markov Chain algorithm says about the space of possible maps and where the four currently proposed maps fit. This is preliminary work coming out of an undergraduate research project.

Additional Details

November 7, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Math 103

Recommended Citation

McKinnie, Kelly L. and Patterson, Dave, "Legislative Redistricting in Montana" (2022). Colloquia of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 646.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mathcolloquia/646