Drawing the Lines : Constraints on Partisan Gerrymandering in U.S. Politics /

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Radical redistricting plans, such as that pushed through by Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003, are frequently used for partisan purposes. Perry's plan sent twenty-one Republicans (and only eleven Democrats) to Congress in the 2004 elections. Such heavy-handed tactics strike many as contrary to...

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Main Author: Seabrook, Nicholas R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gerrymandering.
Apportionment (Election law)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Campaigns & Elections.
Repartition des sieges > États-Unis.
Circonscriptions electorales > Remaniement arbitraire > États-Unis.
Apportionment (Election law) > United States.
Gerrymandering > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Radical redistricting plans, such as that pushed through by Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003, are frequently used for partisan purposes. Perry's plan sent twenty-one Republicans (and only eleven Democrats) to Congress in the 2004 elections. Such heavy-handed tactics strike many as contrary to basic democratic principles. In 'Drawing the Lines', Nicholas R. Seabrook uses a combination of political science methods and legal studies insights to investigate the effects of redistricting on U.S. House elections. He concludes that partisan gerrymandering poses far less of a threat to democratic accountability than conventional wisdom would suggest.
Physical Description:1 online resource (152 pages).
ISBN:9781501707797

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