Beat 'Em or Join 'Em? White Voters and Black Candidates in Majority-Black Districts | Boston Area Colleges Election Project

Beat 'Em or Join 'Em? White Voters and Black Candidates in Majority-Black Districts

Author:

Crayton, Kareem

Volume, Number & Page:

58:547

Publication Info:

Syracuse Law Review

Date:

2008

There have been concerns that racial gerrymandering to benefit minorities would lead to racial polarization. Using King's EI to examine the level of White support received by Representative Clyburn in South Carolina's sixth district in the 1990's, the author concludes that the polarization concerns over liberal racial gerrymandering are questionable.

Difficulty Level:

3

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