Christopher S. Elmendorf

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Districting for a Low-Information Electorate

121 Yale L.J. 1846 (2012). Most commentary on redistricting is concerned with fairness to groups, be they racial, political, or geographic. This Essay highlights another facet of the redistricting problem: how the configuration of districts affects the ability of low-information voters to secure responsive, accountable governance. We show that attention to the problem of voter ignorance can illuminate longstanding legal-academic...

May 2, 2012