State Legislative Districting

State Legislative Districting is the formal process of dividing a state’s geographic area into non-overlapping, contiguous electoral subdivisions for the purpose of electing representatives to a state legislature, distinguished by its reliance on constitutional and statutory criteria such as population equality, racial fairness, and political competitiveness.

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3.9K

Citations

133

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2017–2026

Parents

African American State Politics

Publications

Measuring Constituent Policy Preferences in Congress, State Legislatures, and Cities

Chris Tausanovitch, Christopher Warshaw · The Journal of Politics · 2013 · 421 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Political Science, Public Policy +15

Equal Votes, Equal Money: Court-Ordered Redistricting and Public Expenditures in the American States

Stephen Ansolabehere, Alan S. Gerber, Jim Snyder · American Political Science Review · 2002 · 240 citations

Social Sciences, Political Science, Public Policy +17

Measuring Compactness and the Role of a Compactness Standard in a Test for Partisan and Racial Gerrymandering

Richard G. Niemi, Bernard Grofman, Carl Carlucci et al. · The Journal of Politics · 1990 · 199 citations

Social Sciences, Geography, Political Science +11

How Should We Measure District-Level Public Opinion on Individual Issues?

Christopher Warshaw, Jonathan Rodden · The Journal of Politics · 2012 · 191 citations

Social Sciences, Political Science, American Politics +11

A Procedure for Nonpartisan Districting: Development of Computer Techniques

James B. Weaver, Sidney W. Hess · The Yale Law Journal · 1963 · 118 citations · Full text

Law, Constitutional Law, Public Law +8

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Authors

133

RG
Richard G. Niemi
University of Rochester, United States
4 publications · 309 citations
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Nathaniel Persily
Stanford Medicine, United States
4 publications · 96 citations
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Stephen Ansolabehere
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
3 publications · 297 citations
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James M. Snyder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
3 publications · 75 citations
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CW
Christopher Warshaw
George Washington University, United States
3 publications · 627 citations
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Institutions

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The Journal of Politics
JP · 9 publications · 1K citations
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Legislative Studies Quarterly
8 publications · 313 citations
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State Politics & Policy Quarterly
SPPQ · 4 publications · 64 citations
4
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 4 publications · 83 citations
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Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
ELJ · 4 publications · 166 citations
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