American Economic Journal:
Microeconomics
ISSN 1945-7669 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7685 (Online)
One Man, One Vote
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
vol. 17,
no. 1, February 2025
(pp. 171–205)
Abstract
In the United States, electoral districts must be equipopulous. This requirement is known as the one man, one vote doctrine. We propose welfare-based justifications for this requirement under the economic view, according to which voters care about the policy, and under the political view, according to which voters care about representation. Both justifications assume that the districter is partisan. If the districter is benevolent, one man, one vote is harmless underview by as much as the reduction from K to square root of K districts would.Citation
Pancs, Romans, and Tridib Sharma. 2025. "One Man, One Vote." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 17 (1): 171–205. DOI: 10.1257/mic.20230115Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D71 Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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