Replication data for: Wallet Based Redistricting: Evidence for the Concentration of Wealth in Majority Party Districts

This article examines the role of wealth in the redistricting process in state legislative contests. I argue that the decision by state redistricting mapmakers to pursue a “seat-swing” or “protection” strategy involves more than just a choice between where to move partisan voters. Redistricting may also allow parties to consider wealth as an additional resource to be concentrated or dispersed across legislative districts. To test this wealth-based hypothesis, I examine state redistricting plans in California and North Carolina. Logistic regression analyses of census block-group exchanges between state legislative districts reveal that income plays a significant role in redistricting decisions.

本文探讨了财富在州立法选举选区重划（redistricting）进程中的作用。笔者提出，州选区重划绘制者选择推行“席位摇摆（seat-swing）”或“席位保护”策略，其考量远不止于如何调整党派选民的分布格局。选区重划还可使各政党将财富视为可在各立法选区集中或分散的额外资源，纳入决策考量范畴。为验证这一基于财富的研究假设，本文考察了加利福尼亚州与北卡罗来纳州的选区重划方案。针对州立法选区间普查街区组（census block-group）调整情况开展的逻辑回归（logistic regression）分析结果显示，收入在选区重划决策中发挥着显著作用。