Local Redistricting

The Demographic Context of Boundary Drawing

Peter A. Morrison, William A. Clark

ResearchPosted on rand.org 1992Published in: National Civic Review, v. 81, no. 1, Winter-Spring 1992

The goal of minority representation has been pursued at the expense of policy-making bodies of wieldy size and electoral districts patterned after the principles of compactness, contiguity, and uniform population size. Can local redistricting plans in cosmopolitan communities respect the interests of diverse populations without succumbing to Byzantine complexity?

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  • Copyright: John Wiley and Sons
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 1992
  • Pages: 7
  • Document Number: EP-199212-12

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