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Electoral geography

the gap between a party's mean and median district vote shares, used as a diagnostic of partisan asymmetry in a districting plan.

In electoral geography, mean-median difference refers to the gap between a party's mean and median district vote shares, used as a diagnostic of partisan asymmetry in a districting plan. This meaning comes from McDonald (2015) in Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy.[1]

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References

McDonald, M. D., & Best, R. E. (2015). Unfair Partisan Gerrymanders in Politics and Law: A Diagnostic Applied to Six Cases. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, 14(4), 312-330. https://doi.org/10.1089/elj.2015.0358

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