Assistant Professor Tyler Simko, alongside Kabir Khanna, Director of CBS's Election Analytics & Technical Systems, produced an article analyzing New Jersey's gubernatorial elections.
"Turnout surged across New Jersey Tuesday, helping propel Democrat Mikie Sherrill to a landslide win in the race for governor. The Garden State is blowing past its turnout in its last gubernatorial contest in 2021, when Republican Jack Ciattarelli came within a few points of an upset win over Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy."
Tyler Simko studies state and local politics in the United States, with a particular focus on political geography and subnational policymaking. His active research agendas include areas like legislative redistricting ("gerrymandering"), local public meetings, school segregation, affordable housing, and data privacy. Methodologically, he develops new techniques in computational social science and machine learning to evaluate subnational inequality and explore ways to reduce it. His research regularly involves partnerships with federal, state, and local officials to improve the design of public policy. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in American Politics and Political Methodology.
