Nonpartisan Redistricting and Electoral Competitiveness

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

Brief Overview

We use national data from two complete redistricting cycles, along with state specific data from Iowa, to examine how changes in redistricting processes can be expected to affect competitiveness within states.

Authors

• Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa

• Donna R Hoffman, University of Northern Iowa