Joe Loffredo
@jloffredo.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Science @ MIT. Was: Client Success @ Civis Analytics, Rochester ‘20.
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Using a redistricting simulation algorithm, we show that cities overwhelmingly drew lines that placed incumbents alone in their districts.
In 63% of cities, the enacted map ranked in the 99th percentile or higher for avoiding incumbent pairings.
Using a redistricting simulation algorithm, we show that cities overwhelmingly drew lines that placed incumbents alone in their districts.
In 63% of cities, the enacted map ranked in the 99th percentile or higher for avoiding incumbent pairings.
July 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Using a redistricting simulation algorithm, we show that cities overwhelmingly drew lines that placed incumbents alone in their districts.
In 63% of cities, the enacted map ranked in the 99th percentile or higher for avoiding incumbent pairings.
Using a redistricting simulation algorithm, we show that cities overwhelmingly drew lines that placed incumbents alone in their districts.
In 63% of cities, the enacted map ranked in the 99th percentile or higher for avoiding incumbent pairings.
Reforms to improve representation fall short when those whose behavior they aim to constrain implement them.
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
July 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reforms to improve representation fall short when those whose behavior they aim to constrain implement them.
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
🚨New working paper🚨
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
December 12, 2024 at 7:44 PM
🚨New working paper🚨
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
Our article about cast vote records in the 2020 election was published in Nature Scientific Data! The data is on Harvard Dataverse ready to be used!
nature.com/articles/s4159…
nature.com/articles/s4159…
December 3, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Our article about cast vote records in the 2020 election was published in Nature Scientific Data! The data is on Harvard Dataverse ready to be used!
nature.com/articles/s4159…
nature.com/articles/s4159…