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MEASURES OF PARTISAN BIAS AND OF RESPONSIVENESS ARE USED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF PARTISAN CONTROL OF THE DISTRICTING PROCESS ON THE SEAT-VOTE RELATIONSHIP DURING THE 1970S AND 1980S. DATA ARE DRAWN FROM 15 STATES THAT USED SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS ONLY. CONTRARY TO WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED, NEITHER BIAS NOR RESPONSIVENESS IS CONSISTENTLY HIGHER IN STATES WHERE ONE PARTY CONTROLLED THE DISTRICTING PROCESS, AND NEITHER BIAS NOR RESPONSIVENESS INCREASES FOLLOWING A PARTISAN REDISTRICTING. THE VALUES OF BOTH MEASURES VARY WIDELY IN STATES UNDER ONE-PARTY CONTROL.