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Epstein, David. "Racial Redistricting and Minority Representation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p40024_index.html>

Epstein, D. L. , 2005-09-01 "Racial Redistricting and Minority Representation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p40024_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: We present a model of optimal redistricting schemes to promote minority interests. In the model, after districting, candidates from majority and minority groups run for office in each district; each candidate has a fixed position on an ideological dimension and offers a platform of redistributive benefits for each social group. The results show that minorities with relatively little political power prefer to concentrate their voters in a few districts, while more powerful minorities do best by distributing their voters more evenly across districts. Furthermore, declining majority racism has two effects on minorities: it helps them by making it easier to elected minorities to office, but it may also hurt them by making majority voters more pivotal and therefore increasing their relative power at minorities' expense. In addition, the impact of adding more minority voters to a given district is non-monotonic, and in some cases can have the perverse effect of electing a candidate less favored by the minority community.

When Redistricting is No Longer Black and White: Majority-Minority Districts and the Maximization of Substantive Representation for Blacks and Latinos in Congress

Candidate Race, White Crossover Voting, and Issue Strategy in State Legislative Elections

The Impact of Public Election Funding on Women and Minority Candidates: Comparative Evidence From State and Local Elections