Luke McKinstry, Author at Azavea

How the Census counts people living in group quarters and what it means for redistricting

By Luke McKinstry on July 25th, 2022

The US Census counts most people in their residence using the household survey, but the group quarters count is particularly relevant to drawing district boundaries and impacts the redistricting process.

Spatial Analysis

Which Congressional Districts are Over and Under Populated

By Daniel McGlone, Jeff Frankl and Luke McKinstry on July 29th, 2020

We calculated which congressional districts have become over or underpopulated since they were last drawn.

Company

This Month We Learned – February 2020

By Alex Lash, Luke McKinstry and Tai Wilkin on March 18th, 2020

This month we learned about principled ad hoc style variation with variants, handling too-big-for-memory data with Dask, and keeping long-term projects objective in mind while designing solutions.

Photo of California roads and mountain range in the background.

Spatial Analysis

Local Redistricting is Transforming California Cities

By Luke McKinstry on February 27th, 2020

Redistricting is happening across cities in California in an effort to make representation more equitable. View our map to see where this is happening and why.

Picture of countryside road side-by-side a torn aerial cityview.

Spatial Analysis

Exploring the Urban-Rural Divide through Politicians’ Social Media

By Luke McKinstry on July 23rd, 2019

In this blog we look at how urban-rural differences play out in the way elected officials adopt social media and hope to shed light on this supposed wedge in a divided country.

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Make an Election Calendar with D3.js and Observable Notebooks

By Luke McKinstry on May 14th, 2019

We made a quick election calendar using the Cicero database and Observable Notebooks. This tutorial shows how you can replicate using D3.js.