Researchers Michael Ettlinger and Jordan Hensley

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
 Washington D.C. skyline at night

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According to a study by Michael Ettlinger, director of the Carsey School, and Jordan Hensley, policy analyst at the Carsey School, black voters are underrepresented in the senate by 16% relative to their total population. The admission of D.C. as a state would reduce that underrepesentation by more than one-third, to 10%. 

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