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Author: Jonathan Winburn
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780739121856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book tests the effectiveness of political control and neutral rules on limiting partisan gerrymandering in state legislative redistricting. Specifically, the book examines the 2000 redistricting process in eight states_Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Washington.
Author: Chandler Davidson
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780882581767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough more Blacks are voting and running for public office, vote dilution still exists and weakens minority participation
Author: Kyle Kondik
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2021-10-26
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0821447343
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn incisive study that shows how Republicans transformed the US House of Representatives into a consistent GOP stronghold—with or without a majority. Long-term Democratic dominance in the US House of Representatives gave way to a Republican electoral advantage and frequently held majority following the GOP takeover in 1994. Republicans haven’t always held the majority in recent decades, but nationalization, partisan realignment, and the gerrymandering of House seats have contributed to a political climate in which they've had an edge more often than not for nearly thirty years. The Long Red Thread examines each House election cycle from 1964 to 2020, surveying academic and journalistic literature to identify key trends and takeaways from more than a half-century of US House election results in order to predict what Americans can expect to see in the future.
Author: Michael P. McDonald
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-11-15
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 1501738569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal is an initiative of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Pennsylvania State University. It annually recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. Micah Altman and Michael P. McDonald unveil the Public Mapping Project, which developed DistrictBuilder, an open-source software redistricting application designed to give the public transparent, accessible, and easy-to-use online mapping tools. As they show, the goal is for all citizens to have access to the same information that legislators use when drawing congressional maps—and use that data to create maps of their own. Thanks to generous funding from The Pennsylvania State University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.
Author: Erik S. Herron
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-03-15
Total Pages: 1017
ISBN-13: 0190258675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo subject is more central to the study of politics than elections. All across the globe, elections are a focal point for citizens, the media, and politicians long before--and sometimes long after--they occur. Electoral systems, the rules about how voters' preferences are translated into election results, profoundly shape the results not only of individual elections but also of many other important political outcomes, including party systems, candidate selection, and policy choices. Electoral systems have been a hot topic in established democracies from the UK and Italy to New Zealand and Japan. Even in the United States, events like the 2016 presidential election and court decisions such as Citizens United have sparked advocates to promote change in the Electoral College, redistricting, and campaign-finance rules. Elections and electoral systems have also intensified as a field of academic study, with groundbreaking work over the past decade sharpening our understanding of how electoral systems fundamentally shape the connections among citizens, government, and policy. This volume provides an in-depth exploration of the origins and effects of electoral systems.
Author: Charles S. Bullock
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-03-10
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 153814963X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title This authoritative overview of election redistricting at the congressional, state legislative, and local level provides offers an overview of redistricting for students and practitioners. The updated second edition pays special attention to the significant redistricting controversies of the last decade, from the Supreme Court to state courts.
Author: Erik J. Engstrom
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2013-09-30
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 047211901X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the nation’s founding, the strategic manipulation of congressional districts has influenced American politics and public policy
Author: Leroy Clyde Hardy
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1981-07
Total Pages: 368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of re-apportionment in the United States. Fifty eight distinguished contributors show in a state-by-state format how re-apportionment has shaped the politics of the states, and how it continues to do so after a recent federal census. The balance of parties in both state and federal legislatures, the voice of minority groups, even the role of local governments can be manipulated by redistricting.
Author: Kenneth C. Martis
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780029201503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William J. Miller
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2013-06-07
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 073916984X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process that Governor Engler envisioned, redistricting has led to repeated court battles waged on such traditional democratic values as one person, one vote, and minority rights. Instead of being an opportunity to help ensure maximum representation for the citizens, the process has become a cat and mouse game in many states with citizen representation seemingly the farthest idea from anyone’s mind. From a purely political perspective, those in power in the state legislature at the time of redistricting largely act like they have unilateral authority to do as they please. In this volume, contributors discuss why such an assumption is concerning in the modern political environment.
