The Relationship Between Racial and Partisan Gerrymandering

• In Event: Redistricting and Elections

Brief Overview

We examine whether efforts to combat partisan gerrymandering threaten efforts to create districts in which black politicians can prevail by examining thousands of alternative House maps drawn by computer in states with substantial black populations.

Authors

• Jonathan Krasno, Binghamton University

• Shawn J. Donahue, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

• Michael McDonald, SUNY at Binghamton

• Robin Best, Binghamton University (SUNY)