Location, Location, Location: The Geographic Politics of District Office Placement

• In Event: Legislative Systems and Electoral Representation

Brief Overview

The location of district field offices also reflects geographic representation of voters. We develop a theory of geographic representation and use archived websites to track the physical location of district offices from 2000-2020.

Authors

• Jeronimo Cortina, University of Houston

• Shana Hardin, University of Houston

• Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston