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Electoral Malapportionment

Electoral Malapportionment is a form of electoral system distortion in which electoral districts have significantly unequal numbers of voters, thereby violating the principle of equal representation by giving some votes greater weight than others.

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Citations

95

Authors

84

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Variants

Legislative Malapportionment

Parents

Publications

56

Electoral laws and their political consequences

Gerald R. Webster · Political Geography Quarterly · 1988 · 757 citations

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The Value of a Vote: Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective

David Samuels, Richard Snyder · British Journal of Political Science · 2001 · 492 citations

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Waking Up the Golden Dawn: Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Increase Support for Extreme-Right Parties?

Elias Dinas, Konstantinos Matakos, Dimitrios Xefteris et al. · Political Analysis · 2019 · 336 citations · Full text

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Elbridge Gerry's salamander: the electoral consequences of the reapportionment revolution

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 265 citations

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Mexicans react to electoral fraud and political corruption: an assessment of public opinion and voting behavior

James A. McCann, Jorge I. Domínguez · Electoral Studies · 1998 · 184 citations

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Authors

95

  1. RJ
    Ron Johnston

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 117 citations

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  2. NI
    Nicolás Idrobo

    California University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. FR
    Francisco Rodríguez

    Wesleyan University, United States

    2 publications · 35 citations

    2

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  4. LJ
    Lee J. Alston

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    2 publications · 79 citations

    2

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  5. RS
    Richard Snyder

    Brown University, United States

    2 publications · 555 citations

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Institutions

84

  1. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  2. European University Institute

    Florence, Italy

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    420 citations

  3. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    346 citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    525 citations

  5. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    555 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    346 citations

  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    78 citations

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Venues

  1. Electoral Studies

    7 publications · 526 citations

    7

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 59 citations

    4

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  3. British Journal of Political Science

    3 publications · 568 citations

    3

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  4. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

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  5. The Round Table

    2 publications · 79 citations

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