Hi, Reddit! I'm Sam Wang, and I'm operating for Congress. You may know me from:

• The Princeton Gerrymandering Project, which I based in 2017 to combat unfair maps throughout the nation. Our work has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and utilized in redistricting circumstances nationwide.
• The combat to finish New Jersey's "county line" — a poll manipulation scheme that allow social gathering bosses rig major elections for many years. I served as an skilled witness within the federal lawsuit that struck it down. This June, New Jersey voters will expertise their first really honest major because of this.
• The 2016 election, after I ran a polling evaluation web site after which ate a cricket on CNN after getting the prediction unsuitable. I discovered lots about humility and the bounds of fashions — classes I've carried into every little thing since.
• My neuroscience analysis at Princeton, the place I examine how the mind learns and develops, with a concentrate on autism. I've additionally served as a Congressional Science Fellow within the U.S. Senate, advising on science and schooling coverage.

Why I'm operating for Congress:

I've spent 20 years learning how methods work – and the way they break. Our democracy is breaking. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, darkish cash, and the collapse of the rule of legislation have left Americans feeling powerless. I acquired into reform work as a result of I believed these issues have been fixable. I nonetheless do, however fixing them requires folks prepared to combat from contained in the system.

I'm a longtime unaffiliated voter who’s altering my registration to Democrat as a result of it's time for folks like me to get off the sidelines. Nearly half of Americans don't determine with both social gathering. The Democratic Party has the potential to symbolize our greatest beliefs and produce us again from the brink, nevertheless it wants leaders able to defeat authoritarianism and rebuild.

I'm operating in New Jersey's twelfth district to interchange retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman. NJ-12 spans Trenton, Princeton, East Brunswick, and Plainfield. It's one of the vital numerous districts in America. Thanks to the lawsuit I helped win, an outsider like me has an opportunity to win.

What I'll combat for:

• End gerrymandering nationally: impartial citizen commissions in each state, enshrined in federal legislation.
• A renewed Voting Rights Act to guard all voters.
• Congress as a test on authoritarianism: utilizing the facility of the purse and oversight to carry the manager department accountable.
• Science-based policymaking on local weather, public well being, and rising know-how like AI.
• Accountability: nobody is above the legislation. Our authorities ought to serve the folks, not rule over them.

Ask me something: about gerrymandering, election reform, the county line case, mind science, autism analysis, why I'm operating, or what it's wish to eat a bug on nationwide tv.

Website: https://SamForNJ.org