Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Wisconsin

By John Hejduk and Peter Wagner
March 2008

• Press release
• Report
  • Introduction
  • Skewing demographic data
  • Redistricting and One Person One Vote
    • Diluting votes on the state level
    • Diluting votes on the local level
  • Recommendations
  • Methodology
  • Acknowledgements
• Tables:
  • Incarcerated populations in Wisconsin Assembly districts
  • Incarcerated populations in Wisconsin Senate districts
  • Percent of each Wisconsin county’s census population that is in a state or federal prison
  • Incarceration rates for each Wisconsin county (2000)
  • Incarcerated populations in Wisconsin county board districts (2000)
  • Incarcerated populations in Wisconsin city Aldermanic wards (2000)

Coverage

• Fuzzy Math: Is the Census Bureau creating unfair politics in Wisconsin?, by Evan Solochek, Milwaukee Magazine March 2008

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