‘Those people across the water just don't know our problems’: an analysis of friends and neighbours voting in a geographically-split legislative district

Daniel C. Kramer
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Because of the US Supreme Court's one-person, one-vote decision, recent years have seen in that country an increase in the number of ‘geographically-split’ legislative districts; i.e., legislative districts divided into distinct sections by a natural feature such as a river, harbour, desert or mountain chain. This article analyses elections in one such district, the New York State 62nd Assembly District in New York City, whose Staten Island half was separated from its Manhattan half by New York Harbour. In almost all the elections, a ‘friends-and-neighbours’ factor played a role, with candidates from a particular part of the district faring better there than on the other side of the harbour. (However, partisan allegiance had some impact in these races as well.) Further research is needed to determine whether the ‘friends-and-neighbours’ factor prevails in other geographically-split legislative districts and, if so, the extent to which legislators from one portion of a district adequately represent the interests of the residents of the other.

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“那些隔水而过的人根本不知道我们的问题”:对一个地理上分裂的立法区投票的朋友和邻居的分析
由于美国最高法院一人一票的决定,近年来,美国“地理上分裂”的立法区数量有所增加;也就是说,立法区根据河流、港口、沙漠或山脉等自然特征划分为不同的部分。本文分析了其中一个这样的选区的选举,即纽约市的纽约州第62议会区,其史坦顿岛的一半被纽约港与曼哈顿的一半分开。在几乎所有的选举中,“朋友和邻居”因素都发挥了作用,来自该地区特定地区的候选人在那里比在海港的另一边表现得更好。(不过,党派忠诚在这些竞选中也有一定影响。)需要进一步的研究来确定“朋友和邻居”因素是否在其他地理上分裂的立法区普遍存在,如果是这样,一个地区的立法者在多大程度上充分代表了另一个地区居民的利益。
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