On Saturday, March 19, 2011, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission appointed Q2 Data and Research as the technical consultant to assist the Commission in its historic task of creating new districts for California’s state legislature and representatives in Congress. The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College congratulates Q2 on its… Continue Reading
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Press on Rose Institute’s Redistricting Commission application
As followers of California redistricting are likely already aware, the Rose Institute recently applied to assist the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission. This application and the Commission’s subsequent choice of another firm for the position have been covered heavily in the news of late. Below, please see a list of some of the coverage from across… Continue Reading
Rose Statement on appointment of CA Redistricting Technical Consultant
On Saturday, March 19, 2011, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission appointed Q2 Data and Research as the technical consultant to assist the Commission in its historic task of creating new districts for California’s state legislature and representatives in Congress. The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College congratulates Q2 on its… Continue Reading
Rose Institute’s Mike Whatley in Richmond Times Dispatch
On Thursday, the Richmond Times Dispatch had a story about a nonpartisan redistricting coalition in Virginia opposing a current redistricting plan because it would protect all of Virginia’s incumbent members of Congress. The article cited Rose Report Editor Mike Whatley as predicting that such a plan would be introduced, saying: Writing about Virginia’s upcoming redistricting… Continue Reading
Press on Rose Institute's Redistricting Commission Application
As followers of California redistricting are likely already aware, the Rose Institute recently applied to assist the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission. This application and the Commission’s subsequent choice of another firm for the position have been covered heavily in the news of late. Below, please see a list of some of the coverage from across… Continue Reading
Rose Institute's Mike Whatley in Richmond Times Dispatch
On Thursday, the Richmond Times Dispatch had a story about a nonpartisan redistricting coalition in Virginia opposing a current redistricting plan because it would protect all of Virginia’s incumbent members of Congress. Â The article cited Rose Report Editor Mike Whatley as predicting that such a plan would be introduced, saying: Writing about Virginia’s upcoming redistricting… Continue Reading
Washington Post cites Rose Institute’s Mike Whatley on Virginia redistricting
The Washington Post ran an article recently about redistricting in Virginia and how Virginia’s congressional power will likely shift more towards Northern Virginia. In the article, the Post quoted Rose Report Editor Mike Whatley and his recent series of articles on 2011 congressional redistricting in Virginia: Mike Whatley, a redistricting expert at the Rose… Continue Reading
Rose Analysis of CA 2010 Census Data
The 2010 Census numbers are in, and they confirm California’s population shift from the coast to inland areas. For the first time, a handful of legislative districts in California are over the one million person mark, as eight State Senate districts cross the seven-figure point. Senators Emmerson (R-37), Runner (R-17), Fuller (R-18), Anderson (R-36), Wolk… Continue Reading
Rose Analysis of CA 2010 Census Data
The 2010 Census numbers are in, and they confirm California’s population shift from the coast to inland areas. For the first time, a handful of legislative districts in California are over the one million person mark, as eight State Senate districts cross the seven-figure point. Senators Emmerson (R-37), Runner (R-17), Fuller (R-18), Anderson (R-36), Wolk… Continue Reading
Rose's Johnson on California census data
With Tuesday’s release of the 2010 Census data for California, Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson has been cited on the results in USA Today, Bloomberg and the San Bernardino Sun. In these articles, he discusses California’s slowing growth, the population shift from the coast towards the inland parts of the state and the role Hispanics… Continue Reading