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Published in Dialogue & Discourse

·Jul 2

Abortion, Guns, and Democracy

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, which 50 years ago legalized abortion — even though two-thirds of Americans think it should remain in place. The court majority claims that this decision will let the people decide — with no need to consider the impact on women’s freedom…

Supreme Court

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Abortion, Guns, and Democracy
Abortion, Guns, and Democracy

Aug 27, 2021

Needed: 1 Senator to Save Democracy

By Shutting Down the Senate — There is only one way to fix the Senate and democracy: stop consenting to dysfunctional rules and obstruct in the name of stopping obstruction. American democracy is at a crossroads, and the rules of the Senate are the decision point. The majority of the public voted against Trump and the…

US Politics

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Needed: 1 Senator to Save Democracy
Needed: 1 Senator to Save Democracy

Published in Dialogue & Discourse

·Mar 6, 2021

The End of Obstruction

The Path Toward Majority Rule in the U.S. Congress — The U.S. Senate majority can end routine obstruction — as the U.S. House majority did 130 years ago. Representative Thomas Reed, Speaker of the House, had a problem a few weeks into the regular session of Congress in early 1890. His Republican Party was in control of the House, Senate…

Filibusters

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The End of Obstruction: The Path Toward Majority Rule in the U.S. Congress
The End of Obstruction: The Path Toward Majority Rule in the U.S. Congress

Published in Dialogue & Discourse

·Feb 16, 2021

We the People [Sometimes] Rule

The Supreme Court fails to address the real problems in the way the American President is elected — In July 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that states can take measures to prevent presidential electors from “reversing the vote of millions’’ of citizens, because in the United States “We the People rule.” The months since this confident statement have shown, on the contrary, that the rule of…

Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Fails to Address Core Issues of Presidential Elections
Supreme Court Fails to Address Core Issues of Presidential Elections

Published in Towards Data Science

·Dec 19, 2020

Oregon Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions

I took a deep dive into 10 years of bicyclist crash data from Oregon. Bicyclists and would-be bicyclists are concerned with the risk of injury. Many assume that the main danger is being hit from behind by a motor vehicle, but the Oregon data show dramatically that the main danger…

Logistic Regression

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Oregon Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions
Oregon Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions

Published in Towards Data Science

·Oct 22, 2020

Pennsylvania Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions

Bicyclists and would-be bicyclists are often concerned with the risk of injury. Yet what do we know about bicycling crashes and injuries? In this article I examine 30,000 bicycle crashes to understand the types of crashes that occur (e.g. rear-end vs. angle) and I use a logistic model to understand…

Logistic Regression

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Pennsylvania Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions
Pennsylvania Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions

Jun 4, 2020

Easing into Bicycling

In search of family recreation, a substitute for closed gyms, or a way of getting around when public transportation is unsafe, Americans are rediscovering the bicycle (again). The New York Times, NPR, CNN, and the Guardian have all taken note of the new bike boom, which is also occurring in…

Bicycling

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Easing into Bicycling
Easing into Bicycling

May 9, 2020

The Democracy Amendment

How to Unlock Democracy in the United States — The most glaring deficiency of the U.S. Constitution is its failure to follow democratic norms. This has become apparent this century with two Presidents elected despite more votes going to another candidate. We are also still fighting for the right of citizens to vote as the Supreme Court has thwarted…

Constitution

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The Democracy Amendment
The Democracy Amendment

Mar 8, 2020

COVID-19 will screw up the 2020 Election

It’s becoming increasingly likely that the US will see widespread cases of COVID-19, overwhelmed hospitals, and many deaths. There are many ways that the new coronavirus could affect the 2020 U.S. elections — none of them good. Here are some of the bad things that could happen to our national…

Election 2020

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COVID-19 will screw up the 2020 Election
COVID-19 will screw up the 2020 Election

Published in Dialogue & Discourse

·Feb 29, 2020

RCV and Multiparty Democracy

Electoral reform has become part of the American political dialogue, and ranked choice voting is the favorite fix. In Breaking the Two Party Doom Loop, Lee Drutman argues that RCV will lead to the development of a multiparty system, and is therefore an essential step in overcoming today’s “toxic” politics. …

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RCV and Multiparty Democracy
RCV and Multiparty Democracy
Paul Schimek, Ph.D.

Paul Schimek, Ph.D.

data scientist, democracy advocate, transportation analyst

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