The effects of non-legislative approaches to redistricting on competition in congressional elections

Polity

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-50

  Cottrill, James B ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; Elections; Electoral reform; Gerrymandering; Redistricting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855491559     PISSN: 00323497     EISSN: 17441684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/pol.2011.14     Document Type: Article

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33. Data on Section 5 Covered Jurisdictions can be found at: http://www.justice.gov/crt/voting/sec-5/covered.php
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