The Plot to Redraw America - fantastic @politico.com reporting on the unexpected and historic mid-decade 2025 congressional redistricting www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/the-redistricting-fight-that-dominated-american-politics-in-2025-00703193

Not a partridge in a pear tree, but close! California’s state bird - California quail - came for a visit during the Christmas Los Angeles rains!

Rain in Los Angeles finally stopped. Beautiful and almost clear skies! ☔️ Post-Christmas sunshine!

Good morning from snowy Philadelphia! Visiting east coast and awoke to a beautiful light snow.

Is there anything optimistic about the redistricting wars? On this @usc.edu panel, I talked about how redistricting wars are energizing research & student work in my Democracy & Fair Elections Lab while also raising intense public interest. www.youtube.com/watch?t=3264...

SCOTUS allows Texas mid-decade redistricting map to go forward in the 2026 elections www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Newsom is the Democratic presidential frontrunner. I provided some analysis in the @bostonglobe.com in these VERY early days of the 2028 presidential campaign. www.golden-state.org/gavin-newsom...

Stopped at gas station to fill my tank. The Ghostbusters car pulled up right beside me. Only in LA!

Darrell Issa considering a move to Texas to run for Congress instead of running in CA48?!? Prop 50's Democratic gerrymander working in unexpected ways!

Gave a talk at U. of Copenhagen for Thanksgiving. While there, visited Borgen (the Danish Parliament), watched a @fckobenhavndk.bsky.social game, and took a very cold ride up the @tivolicph.bsky.social gardens ferris wheel! #Hygge #Thanksgiving #Denmark

Had a great time presenting new research on policy diffusion & legislative behavior at @ucph.bsky.social & served on a dissertation assessment defense. Bonus for professional trip to University of Copenhagen in the early winter - visiting the Christmas markets! #Thanksgiving break in #Denmark

Texas 2025 redistricting map now back in place, at least for now, due to emergency stay from Justice Alito www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

Very interesting polling results on redistricting. Voters support independent redistricting; and/but want maps that help their parties right now. www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/poll-redistricting-partisan-gerrymandering-midterms-00663612

Texas congressional maps blocked by federal court. The first backfire in the 2026 redistricting wars. Court says stick to 2021 lines, though special master probably would be best move. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/texas-redistricting-ruling-lawsuit-el-paso-court-2026-midterms/

On Spotify: #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @christiangrose.bsky.social @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @caltech.edu USC open.spotify.com/episode/22V6...

New congressional map in Utah. My students this semester drew maps in Utah as part of a lab assignment, as Utah's state law has extensive and clear criteria on fairness. There are 100s of ways to draw a fair map, and the judge picked one. @redistrict.bluesky.bot bsky.app/profile/redi...

On Spotify: #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @christiangrose.bsky.social @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @caltech.edu USC open.spotify.com/episode/22V6...

California voters passed a new congressional redistricting map in Prop 50. Want to learn how districts change for the 2026 elections? I talked with @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social about the 5 districts in the new map that turn GOP-leaning seats into Dem-leaning seats. youtu.be/-EC_monSQ38?...

Great convo earlier today with @christiangrose.bsky.social about yesterday’s elections. Watch if you want to learn more about what happened and what it all means! youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...

(AP) — Kansas’ Republican House leader on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national battle for partisan advantage in the 2026 elections apnews.com/article/redi...

TOMORROW: Wed., Nov 5 | 11am Pacific | #ElectionScienceOfficeHours | Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Guest @christiangrose.bsky.social | Post-#ElectionDay Debrief: #Prop50 in #California & so much more! 🗳 REGISTER NOW Link & QR Code Below @caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social USC

Listen to @christiangrose.bsky.social on Spectrum & tune in on 11/5 at 11am P to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social for: The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social 🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧 A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications 11/5/25 | 11am P REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What do the early ballot mail return data and the polling tell us about Prop 50's chances on Nov. 4? I talked election data and California redistricting on Spectrum spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

From @andrewjtobias.bsky.social: Bipartisan, handshake deal reached on new Ohio congressional map

Listen to my discussion at the Bruno Kreisky Forum in Austria with @raimundloew.bsky.social & guests. Topic: Trump's attacks on US universities and implications on students, faculty, and society. Podcast is in English! bsky.app/profile/raim...

(FT) Hörtipp | Wie Trumps Krieg gegen die Unis die USA verändert Der Krieg der US-Regierung gegen Unis und Forschungsstätten ist ein Kernstück der Zerstörungsstrategie von Donald Trump. Was bedeutet das für die Entwicklung des Landes und wie sieht Wissenschaft im Sinne des US-Präsidenten aus?

Es diskutieren: Linda Feldmann (Washington DC, Christian Science Monitor), @christiangrose.bsky.social​ (Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger Institut) und @rheinisch.bsky.social​ (Universität Salzburg) im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social​.

Great panels and intellectual discussions on a quick weekend trip to Vancouver for #APSA2025 @apsa.bsky.social

You might not expect a conversation with an election law expert about gerrymandering and voting rights to be uplifting and even optimistic, but our talk with @justinlevitt.bsky.social on The Downballot podcast this week was genuinely amazing. If you need a break from the gloom, listen here -->

Enjoyed this discussion on the effect of Prop 50's new redistricting map on Asian American voters & more with @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & UCLA's Natalie Masuoka - and not just because I was name-checked!🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3-m...

Enjoyed discussing redistricting wars, voting rights, and communities of interest today at Widener Delaware Law School. As a redistricting nerd, I was energized but the legal audience found the relative lack of national guardrails normatively depressing.

BREAKING NEWS >> Former Republican Governors Bill Weld, @govwhitman.bsky.social, @schwarzenegger.bsky.social, and Marc Racicot call on the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters in a Louisiana redistricting case. statesunited.org/louisiana-re...

Quick decision from state supreme court allowing California redistricting ballot measure to continue. If only other courts could make redistricting decisions with this alacrity. bsky.app/profile/rick...

As Indiana is pressured to redistrict by White House, state legislators may recall Davis v. Bandemer (1986). Rs gerrymandered legislature in 1980s but in several seats Dems surprisingly won later due to Rs spreading out R voters across many districts. supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

Texas state lawmakers gave final approval early Saturday to a new election map that President Trump pushed to help Republicans in next year’s midterms, sending the plan to Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for his signature after a weeks-long standoff with Democrats.

Great reporting by @politico.com on how California redistricting went from bluff to ballot reality. And notably, only after Texas acted first. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

This was a great webinar by @BrennanCenter on the state of the Voting Rights Act, redistricting, and more circa 2025. www.youtube.com/live/JApY2D8...

Smart article from @calmatters.org on "gut and amend," which has been used regularly in CA legislature for decades. The CA Supreme Court overturning that procedure would have huge ripple effects on other laws, so this legal challenge is unlikely to prevail. t.co/E2bFUbcbZj

Texas Democrat spends night in state House protesting police shadowing in redistricting battle | Click on the image to read the full story

There's a map for that.

Excited to be part of the Political Economy of Europe Pre-APSA Conference this year! The past years have been a ton of fun 💃

Perfect Sunday seeing @christiangrose.bsky.social in the Styles section alongside other A-listers www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...

READ THE FILING: Gov. Greg Abbott asks the Supreme Court of Texas to find that the chair of the TX House Dem caucus has forfeited his office (a petition for a writ of quo warranto). gov.texas.gov/uploads/file...

FOX News has incorrectly labeled Utah & SC as Democratic gerrymanders (!) even though their states are R trifectas. Utah's congressional map is 4-0 R; and SC 6 R-1 D. #redistricting I think they have mis-read or mis-informationed your data, @samwang.bsky.social

Learn more about the Texas mid-decade redistricting from TX Representative & Chair @genefortexas.bsky.social, followed by a nonpartisan panel discussion of academics & journalists to discuss broader legal, constitutional and political implications in TX & across the nation. Friday webinar!

Texas redistricting and California’s response - includes my thoughts on legal pathways in state elections code, in addition to constraints in CA constitution, that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is considering. #crazytimes #gerrymandering www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

In the sky above Los Angeles

What is the effect of primary election system reform on legislatures? At #EPSA @Charles III U. in Madrid, @alcocerjj.bsky.social and I theorize and show election reforms increase ideological diversity in legislatures, with findings strongest among Democrats. #EPSA2025

Mobilization has also been nationwide. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some activists are intentionally demonstrating in their local town rather than just traveling to a nearby big city for events.