Statistical and Demographic Issues Underlying Voting Rights Cases.

Rubinfeld, Daniel L.

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ERIC Number: EJ438601

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Publication Date: 1991

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Statistical and Demographic Issues Underlying Voting Rights Cases.

Rubinfeld, Daniel L.

Evaluation Review, v15 n6 p659-72 Dec 1991

Issues surrounding a recent voting rights case in Los Angeles (California) are discussed and evaluated in this introduction to the remainder of this special issue. The most important issues are geographical compactness, political cohesiveness, and racial voting blocs. (SLD)

Descriptors: Census Figures, Court Litigation, Demography, Equations (Mathematics), Hispanic Americans, Human Geography, Mathematical Models, Minority Groups, Political Attitudes, Racial Attitudes, Racial Discrimination, Regression (Statistics), Voting Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Voting Rights Act 1965

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