@article {654027,
	title = {Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act},
	journal = {American Economic Journal: Applied Economics},
	volume = {11},
	number = {3},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {1-53},
	abstract = {
	
		In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory jurisdictions, prompting a spate of controversial new voting rules. Utilizing difference-in-differences to examine the act{\textquoteright}s 1975 revision, I provide the first estimates of the effects of "preclearance" oversight. I find that preclearance increased long-run voter turnout by 4-8 percentage points, due to lasting gains in minority participation. Surprisingly, Democratic support dropped sharply in areas subject to oversight. Using historical survey and newspaper data, I provide evidence that this was the result of political backlash among racially conservative whites.
	

},
	url = {https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20170572},
	author = {Desmond Ang}
}
