Recovering Voice: Is Out-of-District Giving a Substitute for Local Political Participation?

• In Event: How Helplessness, Cynicism, Efficacy & Donations Shape the Vote

Brief Overview

Individuals redistricted to less competitive districts give less within district and more out of district, suggesting individuals give out of district as a substitute for forgone meaningful local political participation.

Author

• Sarah Waldfogel, University of South Carolina-Columbia