New Lines, New Districts, New Representation: Institutional Decisions in Congressional Reapportionment

• In Event: The Drawing of Consequential Lines: Electoral Rules, Redistricting and Gerrymandering

Brief Overview

This paper examines how the different decisions made by political institutions during the reapportionment process impacts congressional representation of politically vulnerable groups in the United States.

Authors

• SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, College of the Holy Cross

• Sam Hayes, Trinity College