Georgia professor awarded grant to study bias in elections
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VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) - A political science professor in Georgia has been awarded a grant to study electoral bias in congressional elections over the past 150 years.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Election Data and Science Lab awarded nearly $8,000 to Valdosta State University associate professor Bernard Tamas. His was among 11 projects to receive money from the MIT lab.
Valdosta State says in a news release that Tamas will spend the next year compiling data on district-level election results in U.S. House races from 1870 to 2018.
Tamas will use the information to look for historical signs of bias that skewed election results to favor a particular political party.
Tamas says we're in a time where democracies could become weaker. He says we have to do everything possible to make democracies work effectively.