[Free] Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America (Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation)
♥ Thomas Brunell ♥
| #1305914 in Books | imusti | 2008-03-01 | 2008-04-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.37 x6.00l,.50 | File Name: 0415964539 | 160 pages | Routledge
||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| A different take on "competitiveness"|By Bruce R. Gilson|The author of this book has a provocative idea: If districts are truly competitive, so that they are won very narrowly, then almost half the voters in each district are going to be unhappy, so he advocates making most of the districts overwhelmingly Republican or Democratic. And there is actually much to recommend in thi|||"In this book Professor Brunell provocatively challenges conventional thinking about representation and political satisfaction. He convincingly argues that electoral competition is not, nor perhaps should it be, the hallmark of democracy." |--J. Denn
Pundits have observed that if so many incumbents are returned to Congress to each election by such wide margins, perhaps we should look for ways to increase competitiveness – a centerpiece to the American way of life – through redistricting. Do competitive elections increase voter satisfaction? How does voting for a losing candidate affect voters’ attitudes toward government? The not-so-surprising conclusion is that losing voters are less satisfied ...
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