Was doing a google search on redistricting competitive districts and
hit this book
http://www.routledgepolitics.com/books/Redistricting-and-Representation-isbn9780415964524
They argue that competitive districts are actually a bad thing.
From reading the summary their theory seems to be that in
At 09:51 AM 11/18/2008, Raph Frank wrote:
However, I wonder if all districts were arranged so that 80% of the
voters in each district supported one or other party, would that party
run more than 1 candidate, or would you still have a situation where
the party only runs 1 candidate?
You can do
Fred Gohlke wrote:
Good Morning, Kristofer
I'm finding steadily less to comment on; we seem to be reaching a
convergence of sorts, where we either agree, or we disagree but have
found that the only real way to find out which of us is right is to run
this thing in practice. Thus, I've been a
