How Changing from At-Large to Single-Member Districts Effects Electoral Competitiveness: Evidence from California Voting Rights Act Transitions

• In Event: The Design of Local Democracy: Electoral Systems and Competition

Brief Overview

We study how cities switching from at-large to district elections because of the California Voting Rights Act resulted in a loss of competitive elections, creating more single-candidate elections for incumbents or cancelled elections.

Author

• Justin Mark Levitt, Independent Researcher