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The Statistical Properties of Competitive Districts: What the Central Limit Theorem Can Teach Us about Election Reform
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Buchler, Justin |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | indicate that the most commonly per ceived problem with U.S. elections at the moment is that they are rarely competi tive. This absence of competition has prompted recent proposals in several states, most prominently in California and Ohio, to reform the redistricting pro cess to increase the frequency of compet itive elections. These propositions failed, but that is unlikely the end of such at tempts. The reason for these proposals is obvious. Political education in the U.S. indoctrinates us at a young age to believe that competition is good. In economics, market competition provides social ben efits, and, by analogy, political competi tion must provide similar benefits. This argument is frequently made explicitly, such as by Schumpeter (1942), and it has its roots as far back as the often-assigned Federalist Papers #10 and #51. Of |
| Starting Page | 333 |
| Ending Page | 337 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1017/S1049096507070540 |
| Volume Number | 40 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://artscimedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/14182255/buchler-ps.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096507070540 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
