host: talk about that, aaron bycoffe. for you.cult was it talk about being a computational journalist, what does that mean? how are you gathering data and using it? guest: using data and computers to investigate a lot of these problems. that.can talk more about as far as analyzing with the districts look like and the votes that went into them, it is hard to get that data. even in pennsylvania now, one of the issues with the map is is that -- the map is that the supreme court asked for boundaries for the local precincts, and there is no central repository for everything. even the state has trouble putting that together. david can talk more about drawing the maps. host: i want to know how you gathered your data. you said it was difficult. precinct level data that we have we purchased from a private group. that is available in many cases. states do not necessarily have the ability to do that or have access to that. in pennsylvania, for example, charge ofty is in their own election and sets their own precinct boundaries. ofte

websiteease go to the aaron bycoffe -- to the website fivethirtyeight.com. announcer: last week, voters said redistricting was politically motivated in maryland. next, we take it to the state capital where governor hogan delivered the annual state of the trust -- address. mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests and fellow marylanders , three years ago when i first had the honor of standard and -- standing before this assembly to report on the state of our state, maryland was at a critical turning point. our state economy was floundering and lagging behind the rest of the nation in -- nation. maryland was losing businesses, jobs and taxpayers at an alarming rate. too many of our families and small businesses were struggling just to make ends meet. the people of maryland had become frustrated with politics as usual. our state house at a crossroads and we we faced a pivotal choice between continuing in the same direction or putting maryland on a new and better path, and all of us had to make a choice between serving a p

websiteease go to the aaron bycoffe -- to the website fivethirtyeight.com. >> in about 25 minutes we will take you to the republican retreat to hear from paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. until then, more from today's "washington journal." at our table, clarissa martinez-de-castro. calleddosus, formally the national council of the -- of laraze. the president tweeted that march 5 is rapidly approaching and democrats are doing nothing about daca. they resist, blame, obstruct, and do nothing. disagree.ould only because the reality is that , and we have seen the reality play out on national television as recently as when the president had the televised meeting on this issue at the white house, we know that there has been, for a good time now, a group of members from both sides of the aisle trying to move the issue forward. the president in that meeting asked for a bipartisan agreement, and that was represented. i think that members of congress have prepared multiple bipartisan proposals in the house and the senate. that includes democrat, right? that is the word bipartisan. the issue that w

host: talk about that, aaron bycoffe. you.cult was it talk about being a computational journalist, what does that mean? how are you gathering data and using it? guest: using data and computers to investigate a lot of these problems. that.can talk more about as far as analyzing with the districts look like and the votes that went into them, it is hard to get that data. even in pennsylvania now, one of the issues with the map is is that -- the map is that the supreme court asked for boundaries for the local precincts, and there is no central repository for everything. even the state has trouble putting that together. david can talk more about drawing the maps. host: i want to know how you gathered your data. you said it was difficult. precinct level data that we have we purchased from a private group. that is available in many cases. states do not necessarily have the ability to do that or have access to that. in pennsylvania, for example, charge ofty is in their own election and sets their own precinct boundaries. often, t

we have aaron bycoffe with fivethirtyeight and david wasserman with cook political report.oined in on a project to look at gerrymandering. david wasserman, what is gerrymandering? guest: