Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution
Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Reihe: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
ISBN: 978-0-521-00154-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by far - than at any previous time in America's history. Moreover, they changed what would happen at law should a state government fail to enact a new districting plan when one was legally required. We provide the first detailed analysis of how judicial partisanship affected redistricting outcomes in the 1960s, arguing that the reapportionment revolution led indirectly to three fundamental changes in the nature of congressional elections: the abrupt eradication of a 6% pro-Republican bias in the translation of congressional votes into seats outside the south; the abrupt increase in the apparent advantage of incumbents; and the abrupt alteration of the two parties' success in congressional recruitment and elections.
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- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
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Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. The reapportionment revolution; Part II. Democrats and Republicans: 3. A model of Congressional redistricting in the US; 4. The case of the disappearing bias; 5. The role of the courts in the 1960s redistricting process; 6. Bias, responsiveness and the courts; 7. Redistricting's differing impact on Democratic and Republican incumbents; Part III. Incumbents and Challengers: 8. The growth of the incumbency advantage; 9. Redistricting and electoral coordination; 10. Redistricting, the probability of securing a majority and entry; 11. Reassessing the incumbency advantage; Part IV. Conclusion: 13. Conclusion.
