The Supreme Court holding that makes racially polarized voting a key element of a Section 2 vote-dilution claim and accepted ecological regression analysis of election returns to show it¶
Thornburg v. Gingles, 4. U. S. 3. (1986). The Supreme Court holding that makes racially polarized voting a key element of a Section 2 vote-dilution claim and accepted ecological regression analysis of election returns to show it.
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- Ecological Inference Problem
- Gingles (1986), racially polarised voting has been a key element of a Section 2 vote-dilution claim, and because individual ballots are secret it must be established from precinct-level returns, for which the Court accepted ecological regression analysis
This sourceThe Gingles preconditions, including minority political cohesion and white bloc voting that usually defeats the minority's preferred candidate.
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- Gingles (1986), racially polarised voting has been a key element of a Section 2 vote-dilution claim, and because individual ballots are secret it must be established from precinct-level returns, for which the Court accepted ecological regression analysis
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