Does Ranked-Choice Voting Increase Electoral Chances for Minority Candidates? Evidence from California Local Elections

• In Event: Inequality and Representation of Marginalized Groups

Brief Overview

Does the introduction of Rank-Choice Voting systems increase the chances that minority candidates win local elections? We leverage the introduction of RCV in four Californian cities since 2004 using difference-in-difference estimation.

Authors

• Karen Nershi, Stanford University

• Selina Hofstetter, Stanford University