THE VIDEO SHELF · algorithmic gerrymandering
Algorithmic Redistricting: Elections made-to-order
AlphaPhoenix uses Monte Carlo simulation and annealing-style methods to draw North Carolina congressional district maps, both gerrymandered and fair. He focuses on the fascinating computational problem rather than the politics.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as an entertaining demonstration of how powerful algorithmic gerrymandering can be.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- AlphaPhoenix
- Topic
- algorithmic gerrymandering
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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For a great (and entertaining!) look into how you can use simulations to generate these types of maps you should check out this video by the superb channel AlphaPhoenix: [VIDEO]
opdahl on Hacker News · 2023-06
In Math Has Changed the Shape of GerrymanderingRequired watching to put things into perspective of how powerful gerrymandering can be [VIDEO] There was a proposed (and failed) ballot initiative in Ohio that tried to address this in the only way you actually can. The tl;dr is that there is no such thing …
Spivak on Hacker News · 2025-08
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