Districting Without Parties: How City Council Maps Increase Minority Representation and Why Some Fail

• In Event: Drawing the Lines: Redistricting and Electoral Representation

Brief Overview

We simulate the districting possibilities of over 100 cities in CA which adopted district elections. We assess the ability of cities to construct majority-minority districts, given the segregation of their voters.

Authors

• Michael Hankinson, George Washington University

• Asya Magazinnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology