POL3140 Chapter Notes -Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Sunset Provision, Harvard Law Review
20 Mar 2014
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Stephen ansolabehere, nathaniel persily & charles stewart iii: introduction. We find ourselves in much the same position now as we did three years ago. We also find ourselves coming to the same conclusions, which have become, if anything, more strongly supported by recent data. Voting in the covered jurisdictions has become even more polarized over the last four years, as the gap between whites and racial minorities has continued to grow. This is due both to a decline among whites and an increase among minorities in supporting president obama"s reelection. This gap is not the result of mere partisanship, for even when controlling for partisan identification, race is a statistically significant predictor of vote choice, especially in the covered jurisdictions. Even more now than four years ago, both sides in the vra debate look to the most recent election to support their case.
