Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy / Erik J. Engstrom.

Publisher's description: 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 w...

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Main Author:	Engstrom, Erik J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Series:	Legislative politics & policy making.
Subjects:	Apportionment (Election law) > United States. Gerrymandering > United States. Election districts > United States. Voting > United States. Representative government and representation > United States. United States > Politics and government.