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Author(s) -
Malcolm E. Jewell,
David A. Breaux
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american review of politics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-779X
pISSN - 2374-7781
DOI - 10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1995.16.0.59-60
Subject(s) - turnout , legislature , point (geometry) , representation (politics) , political science , affect (linguistics) , law and economics , public administration , politics , law , economics , sociology , voting , mathematics , geometry , communication
Krassa and Combs raise some questions about our analysis of the effects of districting on Republican representation in southern legislatures. They point out that one of the consequences of changes in the districting system may be to affect turnout, particularly if the new districts reduce the minority party’s chances of winning a seat. This is obviously true, and it is worth emphasizing. A related point, which we have made, is the difficulty of measuring turnout accurately in those free-for-all multimember districts where one party runs less than a complete slate of candidates. The problem is that we do not know how many voters cast all the votes they are entitled to.