Protecting their Own: The Use of Local Redistricting to Create Incumbency (Dis)Advantages

• In Event: Local Democracy

Brief Overview

Using redistricting simulations, we assess whether city councils adopt maps that systematically advantaged or disadvantaged incumbent members and examine city- and candidate-level characteristics associated with this incumbent (dis)advantage.

Authors

• Michael Hankinson, George Washington University

• Joseph Loffredo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Asya Magazinnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology