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Political science

a measure of partisan gerrymandering based on the difference between parties in votes wasted on losing candidates or surplus wins.

In political science, efficiency gap refers to a measure of partisan gerrymandering based on the difference between parties in votes wasted on losing candidates or surplus wins. This meaning comes from McGhee (2014) in Legislative Studies Quarterly.[1]

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References

McGhee, E. (2014). Measuring Partisan Bias in Single‐Member District Electoral Systems. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 39(1), 55-85. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12033

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