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Title: Voter Suppression? Evidence from Shelby County v. Holder

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Robust evidence shows that the Voting Rights Act increased voter turnout among citizens of color, with signifcant downstream effects on representation, school funding, and the black-white wage gap. In 2013, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Shelby County v. Holder and subsequent Congressional inaction ended preclearance—a key enforcement mechanism of the Voting Rights Act. To assess whether the removal of preclearance reduced voter turnout and support for Democratic presidential candidates, I leverage difference-in-differences variation in preclearance removal using county election returns and national election surveys. I and little evidence that preclearance removal reduced voter turnout, either overall or among voters of color. In contrast to journalistic accounts, I show that preclearance removal may have increased Democratic vote share.

Url: https://kyleraze.com/files/voter_suppression.pdf

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Authors: Raze, Kyle

Publisher: University of Oregon

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Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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