[EL] Kennedy's question

[Douglas Johnson]

It's certainly demographically possible, but it would be a huge mess: low-turnout areas would have to be put together with high-turnout areas in every district, meaning the high-turnout areas would likely win every district.

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> On Dec 8, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Edelman, Paul <paul.edelman at Law.Vanderbilt.Edu> wrote:
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> Notwithstanding Scott Keller’s response to Justice Kennedy, there has been something written on the possibility of drawing districts so as to equalize both total population and voting age population.  The latest version appears here:
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> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2631666
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> The paper itself will appear in the Journal of Legal Studies next year.
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> Paul H. Edelman
> Professor of Mathematics and Law
> Vanderbilt University
> 615-322-0990
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