Fixing Bugs In Democracy - by Sam Wang

Fixing Bugs In Democracy - by Sam Wang

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Tylenol carries no added risk for autism
Neuroscience, epidemiology, and a damaging public statement
Sep 25 • 
Sam Wang
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Stemming the gerrymandering tide
The fight is on.
Sep 19 • 
Sam Wang
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Ohio's mid-decade gamble
Re-redistricting could displace 3.5 million Ohioans...and backfire on partisans
Sep 9 • 
Sam Wang
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Juries for democracy
What the fate of a sandwich-throwing man can teach us about repairing democracy
Sep 8 • 
Sam Wang
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7

August 2025

Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)
...but first, we have to kill the proportionality myth.
Aug 25 • 
Sam Wang
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The Worst 10 Gerrymanders Ever
...including Texas and California, which propose to draw the first 5-seat partisan gains in the modern age
Aug 22 • 
Sam Wang
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All gerrymandering, all the time
With eruptions in Texas and California, some media hits
Aug 21 • 
Sam Wang
7
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Panic! At The (Re)disco
There is exactly one state where setting democracy on fire will do Democrats any appreciable good.
Aug 3 • 
Sam Wang
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July 2025

Texas legislators bet the ranch
A Republican plan that gambles on 2024-level popularity and border voters
Jul 30 • 
Sam Wang
26
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Desperate House Lines
Mid-decade redistricting, Part 1: How low can you go?
Jul 28 • 
Sam Wang
13
7
The Texas Jigsaw Massacre
Governor Abbott has a brilliant plan. What could possibly go wrong?
Jul 22 • 
Sam Wang
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7

June 2025

A photo finish in New York's mayoral race?
Tuesday's ranked-choice election will be the largest in U.S. history
Jun 21 • 
Sam Wang
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