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Redistricting Principles and Racial Representation: A Re-Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2021

Carl E. Klarner*
Affiliation:
Indiana State University

Abstract

This note examines two modeling alterations of Barabas and Jerit's (2004) analysis of the influence of redistricting principles on minority representation in congressional districts. The size of states and the fact that some states cannot have majority-minority or minority-influence districts is taken into account in these new analyses. Overall, even with these two important alterations, Barabas and Jerit's findings are largely replicated. However, two of their most prominently reported findings—that a compactness requirement for redistricting is associated with both fewer majority-minority and minority-influence districts—are not corroborated.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The American Political Science Association, 2007

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References

Barabas, Jason, and Jerit, Jennifer. 2004. “Redistricting Principles and Racial Representation.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 4:415–35.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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