Democratic-Republicans and State Legislatures: Party Emergence from the Bottom-Up, 1796-1824

• In Event: Dynamics of Subnational Elections

Brief Overview

This paper analyzes how the Democratic-Republican Party emerged from the bottom-up. I do this with a statistical analysis of seat-share data and a deep dive into the congressional redistricting process of Pennsylvania in 1802, 1812, and 1822.

Author

• Aric Dale Gooch, University of Missouri