Why 90s were Great for Progressive Electoral Efforts

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Thu Nov 12 12:08:33 PST 1998



>Nathan,
>
>I agree with most of what you say heartily,
>but a few quibbles.
>
>> . . .
>> 1992- The 1992 reapportionment created a massive jump in the ranks of the
>> Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses, jumping the Congressional Black
>> Caucus alone up to 39 members. . . .
>
>Yes but in at least some cases, the majority-minority
>districts were created at the expense of some higher
>number of marginally-Democratic districts, so the gains
>to the black caucus were not without cost. That's why
>the Bushies supported the creation of the districts.
>I wouldn't claim that the result was definitely worse,
>only that it is at least debatable...
>
>
>MBS

So do you think the Bushies were stupid in supporting the creation of majofrity-minority districts?

Brad DeLong



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