Can States Promote Minority Representation? Assessing the Effects of the California Voting Rights Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Collingwood (0000-0002-4447-8204, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA, corresponding author), Sean Long (0000-0001-5895-899X, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 731-762 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087419896854 |
| OpenAlex | W2998454035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 40 |
One goal of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) is to broaden representation in largely White-controlled city councils state-wide by incentivizing cities to shift council electoral jurisdictions from at-large to single-member districts. However, little research has investigated whether the CVRA helped contribute to increased minority representation at the city level. This article employs matching and difference-in-difference methods to determine whether cities that switched to district elections as a result of the CVRA enhanced city council diversification. By comparing matched treatment and control group’s racial composition of city councils before and after fully switching from at-large to district election jurisdictions, we estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) of city switching on minority city council representation at 10% to 12%. Further analysis reveals treatment effects are larger among cities with larger shares of Latinos (21%). Thus, states seeking to increase local-level minority representation should consider policies similar to those found in the CVRA
Demographic economics · Economics · Matching (statistics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Representation (politics · State (computer science · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |