A dummymander is a placeholder or mock version of a gerrymandered electoral map, used by developers and analysts to test redistricting algorithms without real data. It simulates biased boundaries to evaluate fairness metrics, compare districting plans, or debug software. Political data scientists, civic tech teams, and redistricting reformers benefit most, as it enables safe, repeatable experimentation with hypothetical scenarios before applying tools to actual voter populations.
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