The Paradox of Redistricting
How Partisan Mapmakers Foster Competition but Disrupt Representation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antoine Yoshinaka (0000-0001-7118-0473, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA,), Chad Murphy (0009-0002-6713-3898, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, USA) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 435-447 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912909355716 |
| OpenAlex | W2101400530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 54 |
The authors examine constituency changes induced by redistricting and ask three questions:What explains the amount of instability and uncertainty induced by redistricting? Does uncertainty affect legislators’ career choices? How do these changes affect election outcomes? The authors show that partisan redistricting plans are able to produce significant instability between elections, especially for opposing-party incumbents. Their findings have important implications for representation: through redistricting, strategic actors can disrupt the stability that many theorists would consider paramount for the operation of a democratic republic. The authors show that the effects of redistricting go beyond the simple examination of changes in each district’s underlying partisanship
Competition (biology · Democracy · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redistricting · Representation (politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |