An Integrated Perspective on the Three Potential Sources of Partisan Bias: Malapportionment, Turnout Differences, and the Geographic Distribution of Party Vote Shares

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-470

  Grofman, Bernard ^a   Koetzle, William ^a   Brunell, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Elections; Malapportionment; Redistricting; Seats and votes; Turnout

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MALAPPORTIONMENT; PARTISAN BIAS; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; VOTING SYSTEM;

USA;

EID: 0031421203     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(97)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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