At‐Large Elections and Minority Representation in Local Government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6232136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolyn Abott (0000-0001-7939-0635, St. John's University), Asya Magazinnik (0000-0002-6822-4153, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 717-733 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.12512 |
| OpenAlex | W3011487968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 32 |
Despite a long history of legal challenges alleging that elections conducted at‐large suppress minority representation, this remains the dominant electoral system in local governments throughout the United States. Moreover, a large empirical literature remains divided over the present‐day impact of at‐large elections on the political success of underrepresented groups. We reconcile the competing findings in this literature by providing contingent, causal estimates of the effect of conversion from at‐large to ward elections on minority officeholding, using a novel identification strategy afforded by the California Voting Rights Act of 2001. We find a dramatic positive effect of conversion in districts where Latinos constitute a sufficiently large share of the voting population, and in large and residentially segregated districts. When these conditions are not satisfied, we consistently see null estimated effects
Demographic economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Identification (biology · Null (SQL · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Representation (politics · Sociology · Voting · Computer Science · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |