Reform and Representation

A New Method Applied to Recent Electoral Changes

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6342186
AutoresThad Kousser (0000-0002-5489-5837, Columbia University), Jane H Phillips (0000-0003-4315-6622, Columbia University), Justin Phillips, Boris Shor (0000-0002-4983-0166, Columbia University)
Ano2018
Volume6
Fascículo4
Páginas809-827
Data de publicação2018-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Science Research and Methods (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2049-8470 • E-ISSN: 2049-8489
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/psrm.2016.43
OpenAlexW3126040964
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas59

Can electoral reforms such as an independent redistricting commission and the top-two primary create conditions that lead to better legislative representation? We explore this question by presenting a new method for measuring a key indicator of representation—the congruence between a legislator’s ideological position and the average position of her district’s voters. Our novel approach combines two methods: the joint classification of voters and political candidates on the same ideological scale, along with multilevel regression and post-stratification to estimate the position of the average voter across many districts in multiple elections. After validating our approach, we use it to study the recent impact of reforms in California, showing that they did not bring their hoped-for effects

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