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Voting and Representation

Unformatted Document Text: 1 Race and the Rewards of Voting Abstract We tend to assume that the politically active find their preferences better reflected in governmental action than do the inactive, but few have examined whether this is so. Additionally, the opinions of those who do no t vote may “count” less, but do the opinions of those who vote count equally? We examine these questions in the context of the U.S. Senate. First, we assess whether voters’ preferences are better reflected in their Senators’ roll call votes than are nonvoters’. Finding that they are, we ask whether white and African American voters reap equal representational gains from voting. Finding they do not, we explore two reasons for this: 1) white voters have disproportionate influence on the ideologies of Senators; and 2) white voters have greater voting power.

Authors: Griffin, John.

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Race and the Rewards of Voting

Abstract

We tend to assume that the politically active find their preferences better reflected in

governmental action than do the inactive, but few have examined whether this is so.

Additionally, the opinions of those who do no t vote may “count” less, but do the opinions of

those who vote count equally? We examine these questions in the context of the U.S. Senate.

First, we assess whether voters’ preferences are better reflected in their Senators’ roll call votes

than are nonvoters’. Finding that they are, we ask whether white and African American voters

reap equal representational gains from voting. Finding they do not, we explore two reasons for

this: 1) white voters have disproportionate influence on the ideologies of Senators; and 2) white

voters have greater voting power.

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