Comment: The Gift that Keeps on Giving? Consequences of Affirmative Action Gerrymandering

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  • Charles S. Bullock

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https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1995.16.0.33-39

Abstract

Various interpretations are being given to the 1994 elections. Aside from President Clinton’s unpopularity and an expanding Republican base, some Republicans running in the U.S. House and state legislative contests benefitted from redistricting decisions made two or three years earlier. A number of observers agree with an unsigned observation in The New Republic that "The racial gerrymandering of 1990 was key to this year’s Republican victory" (Anonymous 1994, 12). At a minimum, the Faustian agreement between Republicans and black Democrats contributed to the continuing implosion of the Democratic party in the South.

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1995-04-01

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Vol. 16: Spring 1995

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