Bernard N Grofman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1035121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernard N Grofman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernard N |
| FAMILY NAME | Grofman |
| SIGNATURE | GROFMAN B N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Leon H. Weaver
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Minority Voting Equality: The 65 Percent Rule in Theory and Practice
In order to provide minorities with a realistic opportunity to elect candidates of their choice, an apparently obvious step is to create districts in which the minority equals half the population. A number of factors, however, make this a false equality. As a consequence, courts have used a “65 percent” rule, suggesting that equality of the voting population is achieved only when the overall population of a district is nearly two‐thirds minority.…
Excerpts from Second Declaration of Bernard N. Grofman in Badham v. Eu
The 1980s California congressional plans are not shown to be gerrymanders by the fact that the 1982 results were grossly disproportional to the votes of the electorate, nor by the fact that these plans each have only a very small number of seats where both parties have reasonable chances for the victory, nor by the fact that each plan is characterized by tortuously shaped districts, e.g., in San Diego and Northern California, which have no justif…
The Strange Case of Relative Gratification and Potential for Political Violence: The V-Curve Hypothesis
Perception of discrepancy between optimum level of achievement with respect to desired values and actual level of achievement is a concept that has figured importantly in explanations of collective violence and its subset, political violence (approval of and readiness to engage in behaviors which constitute progressively greater challenge to a political regime). Hypotheses about relationships between a number of static and dynamic achievement dis…
The Strange Case of Relative Gratification and Potential for Political Violence: The V-Curve Hypothesis
Perception of discrepancy between optimum level of achievement with respect to desired values and actual level of achievement is a concept that has figured importantly in explanations of collective violence and its subset, political violence (approval of and readiness to engage in behaviors which constitute progressively greater challenge to a political regime). Hypotheses about relationships between a number of static and dynamic achievement dis…
Minority Voting Equality: The 65 Percent Rule in Theory and Practice
In order to provide minorities with a realistic opportunity to elect candidates of their choice, an apparently obvious step is to create districts in which the minority equals half the population. A number of factors, however, make this a false equality. As a consequence, courts have used a “65 percent” rule, suggesting that equality of the voting population is achieved only when the overall population of a district is nearly two‐thirds minority.…
The Strange Case of Relative Gratification and Potential for Political Violence: The V-Curve Hypothesis
Perception of discrepancy between optimum level of achievement with respect to desired values and actual level of achievement is a concept that has figured importantly in explanations of collective violence and its subset, political violence (approval of and readiness to engage in behaviors which constitute progressively greater challenge to a political regime). Hypotheses about relationships between a number of static and dynamic achievement dis…
Excerpts from Second Declaration of Bernard N. Grofman in Badham v. Eu
The 1980s California congressional plans are not shown to be gerrymanders by the fact that the 1982 results were grossly disproportional to the votes of the electorate, nor by the fact that these plans each have only a very small number of seats where both parties have reasonable chances for the victory, nor by the fact that each plan is characterized by tortuously shaped districts, e.g., in San Diego and Northern California, which have no justif…
Minority Voting Equality: The 65 Percent Rule in Theory and Practice
In order to provide minorities with a realistic opportunity to elect candidates of their choice, an apparently obvious step is to create districts in which the minority equals half the population. A number of factors, however, make this a false equality. As a consequence, courts have used a “65 percent” rule, suggesting that equality of the voting population is achieved only when the overall population of a district is nearly two‐thirds minority.…
Leon H. Weaver
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
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