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Firsts: The Election Of Asian American Mayors In Oakland And San Francisco, Corey Cook
Firsts: The Election Of Asian American Mayors In Oakland And San Francisco, Corey Cook
Corey Cook
This paper utilizes an original dataset to comparatively analyze the 2010 mayoral election in Oakland and 2011 mayoral election in San Francisco. The paper considers the unique political context in each city and analyzes individual ranked choice ballots to draw inferences about the nature of mayoral coalitions in these neighboring Bay Area cities.