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In Cheap Seats, James E. Campbell considers why the Democrats dominated House elections for four decades and why they ultimately lost that control.
Examining the structural advantages that helped congressional Democrats, Campbell finds that their unprecedented success in the House was due in no small measure to a favorable election system, an advantage in the way in which votes are translated into House seats.
His straightforward analysis indicates that Democrats have an electoral system advantage because they consistently win most of the very-low-turnout districts, or "cheap seats." In fact, because of the party's continued hold on such districts, the new Democratic minority is considerably larger than it would otherwise have been.
Cheap Seats is a thorough and innovative investigation into the electoral system's impact on partisan politics and representation in Congress. Campbell presents an impressive array of evidence, including both quantitative analysis of election returns from 1936 to 1994 and in-depth studies of several cheap-seat districts. He also explores the important theoretical issues of representation that cheap seats raise and offers several proposals to reform the system.
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CHEAP SEATS: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S ADVANTAGE IN U.S. (PARLIAMENTS & LEGISLATURES)
October 1, 1996, Ohio State University Press
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081420709X 9780814207093
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