Assessing the Partisan Effects of Redistricting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3159581 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce E Cain (California Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 320-333 |
| Publication date | 1985-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1956652 |
| OpenAlex | W1971101400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 76 |
| References cited | 8 |
The purpose of this article is to assess the reality behind the politician's perception that redistricting matters. There are, of course, many dimensions to that perception, because redistricting has many effects. This articles focuses on the impact of boundary changes on the partisan composition of seats. In order to do this, it will be necessary to specify what the expected partisan effects of redistricting are and how they can be measured. Thus, I first explain how the impact of redistricting will vary with the strategy of particular plans and then explore some techniques for measuring the partisan impact of boundary changes. I conclude with a detailed analysis of the most important congressional redistricting in 1982-the Burton plan in California
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Gerrymandering and the Voting Rights Act of 1982
Structural constraints on partisan bias under the efficient gerrymander
Population Shifts in Congressional Redistricting
Redistricting, Candidate Entry, and the Politics of Nineteenth‐Century U.S. House Elections
Unintentional Gerrymandering
District Protectionism
A test of the revealed-preference phenomenon in congressional elections
The Limits of Partisan Gerrymandering
California’s Citizen Redistricting Commission, Electoral Competitiveness and Political Polarization
Affirmative Districting and Four Decades of Redistricting
Maga Trumps the Incumbency Advantage in a Dueling Incumbent Primary
Partisan Bias in Japan's Single Member Districts
Fighting fire with fire
Electoral reform and its discontents
New Lines, New Districts, New Representation
Redistricting in the Classroom
From Crayons to Computers
How Many Seats in Congress Is Control of Redistricting Worth
Secure majorities, unequal districts
Public choice principles of redistricting
Partisan Gerrymandering and the Voting Rights Act
Dueling incumbent primaries in U.S. House elections
The Variable Incumbency Advantage
Static Ambition in a Changing World
Partisan Consequences of the Post-1990 Redistricting for the U.S. House of Representatives
Legislative Leadership and Campaign Support in California
Bias and Responsiveness in the Seat-Vote Relationship
Partisan and Incumbent Effects in State Legislative Redistricting
Electoral Systems and the Representation of Minority Interests in Legislatures
Gerrymanders and Theories of Law Making
Disproportional Threat
Constituency Activity and Representational Roles among Australian Legislators
The Persistence of Partisan Redistricting Effects in Congressional Elections in the 1970s and 1980s
Party Control and Partisan Bias in 1980s Congressional Redistricting
Does the Creation of Majority Black Districts Aid Republicans? An Analysis of the 1992 Congressional Elections in Eight Southern States
The Partisan Consequences of Majority-Minority Redistricting in the South, 1992 and 1994
The Effect of State Redistricting Methods on Electoral Competition in United States House of Representatives Races
Wallet-Based Redistricting
A Comparative Analysis of Redistricting Institutions in the United States, 2001-02
Incumbents Out, Party In? Term Limits and Partisan Redistricting in State Legislatures
Term Limits, Electoral Competition, and Representational Diversity
Unwelcome Constituents
The Pseudoparadox of Partisan Mapmaking and Congressional Competition
Race, Roll Calls, and Redistricting
The Paradox of Redistricting
Competing Criteria
The State of State Politics Research
The Influence of Partisanship, Ideology, and the Law on Redistricting Decisions in the Federal Courts
Incumbency and Short-Term Influences on Voters
What Happened to the Democrats in the South
Candidates, Campaigns, or Partisan Conditions? Reevaluating Strategic‐Politicians Theory
Strategic Constituency Manipulation in State Legislative Redistricting
The Strategic Use of Prisons in Partisan Gerrymandering
Measuring Partisan Bias in Single‐Member District Electoral Systems
The Power of Ideologically Concentrated Minorities
Who ‘marries’ whom? The influence of societal connectedness, economic and political homogeneity, and population size on jurisdictional consolidations
Redistricting
Political Traditions and Political Change
Partisan Gerrymandering and Political Science
Partisan and Incumbency Effects of 1970s Congressional Redistricting
The Anatomy of a Gerrymander
Determinants of Spending by House Challengers, 1974-84
Sectional Differences in Partisan Bias and Electoral Responsiveness in US House Elections, 1850–1980
Political Conditions and the Electoral Effects of Redistricting
Dueling Incumbent House Elections, 1843-2018
The Mask of Neutrality
Partisan gerrymandering and population instability
Components of partisan bias originating from single-member districts in multi-party systems
An integrated perspective on the three potential sources of partisan bias
Small changes, big results
The electoral risk of redistricting
Reapportionment
The Transmission of Legal Precedent
Enhancing Democracy Through Legislative Redistricting
Stacking the States, Stacking the House
Are Majority Minority Districts Too Safe
Congress, keystone of the Washington establishment
Redistricting and Congressional Stability, 1962-72
Redistricting and Congressional Stability, 1962–72
Congressional Elections
The Relationship between Seats and Votes in Two-Party Systems
On the Decline of Competition in Congressional Elections
Malapportionment, Gerrymandering, and Party Fortunes in Congressional Elections
The Case of the Vanishing Marginals
| Unique citing works | 76 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,85 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 76 |