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According to Bradlee, the software was designed to "put power in people's hands," and so that they "can see how the process works, so it's a little less mysterious than it was 10 years ago." Bradlee has noticed that many citizens are taking this process seriously and using his app to create
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Dave Bradlee built the first generation of DRA. DRA 2020 is built by a small team of volunteers β€” Dave Bradlee, Terry Crowley, Alec Ramsay, and David Rinn β€” all with a shared passion for technology & democracy and all
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veterans. Their mission is to empower civic organizations and citizen activists to advocate for fair congressional and legislative districts and increased transparency in the redistricting process.
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Users can redraw the congressional & state legislative districts for all 50 states and the District of Columbia using a variety of census & election datasets including
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legitimate redistricting maps that could be put in place. Some websites have called Bradlee the pioneer and cause of the rise of do-it-yourself redistricting. States such as
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and could be used in any web browser. DRA 2020 has been under continuous development since and is built using
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DRA 2020: At the end of 2018, a beta version of 2020 was released. This version that did not require
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in 2021 allowed the general population to use it to submit redistricting proposals following the
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have used the website to draw examples of gerrymandered districts, including on their famous
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Multiple statewide elections for all 50 states including the ability to import your own data
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Dave's Redistricting has frequently been mentioned as a resource that can be used to combat
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is an online web app originally created by Dave Bradlee that allows anyone to simulate
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Wisconsin alternative congressional districts drawn with Dave's Redistricting 2020
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North Carolina 2020 congressional district in Dave's Redistricting 2020
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DRA 2020 added several major features to the first generation app:
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Sharing & collaborative editing of maps, like Google Docs
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Comprehensive analytics for evaluating & comparing maps
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davesredistricting.org
redistricting
U.S. state's
Montana
2020 United States Census
gerrymandering
FiveThirtyEight
Atlas of Redistricting
Microsoft


Cook PVI
Bing Maps
Microsoft Silverlight
React (JavaScript library)
Mapbox
OpenStreetMap
TypeScript
Node.js
Amazon Web Services
"Dave Bradlee"
the original
"The Great Gerrymander of 2012"
The New York Times
"Technology allows citizens to be part of redistricting process"
USA Today


"The Rise of Do-It-Yourself Redistricting"

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