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Elbridge Gerry's salamander : the electoral consequences of the reapportionment revolution / Gary W. Cox, Jonathan N. Katz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, Gary W., author.
- Katz, Jonathan N. (Jonathan Neil), 1968- author.
- Series:
- Political economy of institutions and decisions.
- Political economy of institutions and decisions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apportionment (Election law)--United States.
- Apportionment (Election law).
- Election districts--United States.
- Election districts.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by far - than at any previous time in America's history. Moreover, they changed what would happen at law should a state government fail to enact a new districting plan when one was legally required. This book provides a detailed analysis of how judicial partisanship affected redistricting outcomes in the 1960s, arguing that the reapportionment revolution led indirectly to three fundamental changes in the nature of congressional elections: the abrupt eradication of a 6% pro-Republican bias in the translation of congressional votes into seats outside the south; the abrupt increase in the apparent advantage of incumbents; and the abrupt alteration of the two parties' success in congressional recruitment and elections.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; PART I Introduction; PART II Democrats and Republicans; PART III Incumbents and Challengers; PART IV Conclusion; References; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-12431-X
- 1-280-41921-0
- 0-511-17618-X
- 0-511-04184-5
- 0-511-15691-X
- 0-511-30429-3
- 0-511-60621-4
- 0-511-04430-5
- OCLC:
- 475917588
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