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Does Redistricting Make a Difference?: Partisan Representation and Electoral Behavior

Does Redistricting Make a Difference?: Partisan Representation and Electoral Behavior

Paperback

General Political ScienceUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0739101927
ISBN13: 9780739101926
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Sep 26 2000
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In 1812 the Jeffersonian-dominated Massachusetts legislature, with the approval of Governor Elbridge Gerry, split Essex County in an effort to dilute the strength of the Federalists. Noting the resemblance of the new, oddly shaped district to a well-known amphibian, a local newspaper dubbed the creation a gerrymander. Less well known about this oft-recounted episode of American history, writes political scientist Mark Rush, is its outcome: in the ensuing election, the Federalists won the district anyway.

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