Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy /

"Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the U.S. national legislature. Aside from the requirements that districts be continuous and, after 1842, that each select only one representative, there were few restrictions on...

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Main Author: Engstrom, Erik J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]
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