Chris Kenny, PhD
banner
chriskenny.bsky.social
Chris Kenny, PhD
@chriskenny.bsky.social
Postdoc, Princeton DDSS.
PhD '25 Government @harvard.edu.
Studies redistricting with #rstats.
https://christophertkenny.com/
Oh awesome, thanks for sharing. Kieran Healy is always doing awesome work. Not shocked that he did this first!
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thanks for sharing!
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Yeah and once you start adding known precinct covariate, the possibilities really explode. We ended up with several internal (quarto) dashboards to handle plotting everything on the fly
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reposted by Chris Kenny, PhD
As a member of the (now disbanded) National Academy of Sciences working group on differential privacy I can report some liberals want it gone, too, as its application tends to hurt disadvantaged communities
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Should also add thanks to @resulumit.bsky.social for opening issues and pull requests! Feedback is always helpful, especially in broad packages where I’m not using every single feature
October 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thanks. mapgl makes it much faster and removes some of the hacky components that were needed to get leaflet to avoid redrawing shapes. Appreciate your package!
October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The code to make the demo is simple, especially if you already use ALARM data:

library(redistio)
nm <- alarmdata::alarm_50state_map('NM')
draw(nm, init_plan = nm$cd_2020, palette = wacolors::wacolors$rainier,
layers = list(County = 'county'))

More info: christophertkenny.com/redistio/
Interactive Redistricting
A point and click editor for districts built on shiny and mapgl. Users can draw districts and calculate standard redistricting metrics, like compactness or the number of administrative splits. Maps ca...
christophertkenny.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM