TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial segregation and voter turnout in urban America
AU - Schlichting, Kurt
AU - Tuckel, Peter
AU - Maisel, Richard
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - This study examines the effect of hypersegregation on turnout in recent elections in Bridgeport, Connecticut and Baltimore, Maryland. A Geographical Information System (GIS) is used to assign to each registered voter in both cities his or her census block group via geocoding. The individual-level voting data are then aggregated up to the block group level and merged with a subset of block group-level 1990 census variables. A set of statistical analyses are next performed to measure the contextual effect of the racial composition of surrounding areas on voter turnout at the block group level. The results show that after controlling for income, racially homogeneous block groups (Black or non-Black) situated in surrounding areas that mirror their own racial composition have significantly higher levels of political participation than corresponding block groups situated in surrounding areas that do not reflect their racial composition.
AB - This study examines the effect of hypersegregation on turnout in recent elections in Bridgeport, Connecticut and Baltimore, Maryland. A Geographical Information System (GIS) is used to assign to each registered voter in both cities his or her census block group via geocoding. The individual-level voting data are then aggregated up to the block group level and merged with a subset of block group-level 1990 census variables. A set of statistical analyses are next performed to measure the contextual effect of the racial composition of surrounding areas on voter turnout at the block group level. The results show that after controlling for income, racially homogeneous block groups (Black or non-Black) situated in surrounding areas that mirror their own racial composition have significantly higher levels of political participation than corresponding block groups situated in surrounding areas that do not reflect their racial composition.
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U2 - 10.1177/1532673X9802600205
DO - 10.1177/1532673X9802600205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0007177552
SN - 1532-673X
VL - 26
SP - 218
EP - 236
JO - American Politics Research
JF - American Politics Research
IS - 2
ER -