Redistricting Decisions in the American States
A Test of the Minimal Winning Coalition Hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6231372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Murray (0000-0003-4887-5247), Richard W Murray (0000-0002-7688-4098), Donald S Lutz |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233 |
| Publication date | 1974-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2110701 |
| OpenAlex | W2319253475 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This research tests Riker's minimal winning coalition hypothesis in cases of redistricting in the American states. The authors contend these cases satisfy particularly well the conditions under which the hypothesis should hold, and thus they provide a strong test of the size principle. An examination of cases since 1900 did not provide much support for the hypothesis. Most redistricting plans were approved by rather large majorities, and even when various controls were instituted to insure that the assumed conditions of Riker's theory were closely approximated, the mean size of the winning blocs remains a good deal larger than minimal. These results do not disprove the hypothesis, but they suggest rather severe limitations in its applicability
Econometrics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Redistricting · Test (biology · Economic Policies and Impacts · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 2010 (36) |
| Highly cited | No |