David Bositis

{{Short description|American political analyst}}

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David A. Bositis is an American expert on voting rights and redistricting.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jointcenter.org/index.php/news_room/joint_center_scholars/david_a_bositis|title=David A. Bositis|access-date=November 7, 2008|publisher=Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies|year=2008|author1=Joint Center for Political|author2=Economic Studies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106101229/http://www.jointcenter.org/index.php/news_room/joint_center_scholars/david_a_bositis|archive-date=November 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-11-04-voterturnout_N.htm|title=Passionate race drives a massive turnout|access-date=November 7, 2008|publisher=USA Today|author=Jill Lawrence | date=November 5, 2008}} He is a former a senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web|url=http://jointcenter.org/blog/voter-suppression-wrong|title=Voter Suppression is Wrong {{!}} Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies|website=jointcenter.org|access-date=2017-07-26|quote="David Bositis, who is not a Joint Center staffer, and has not worked at the Joint Center for over a year."}}

Bositis is frequently consulted by major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post for his input on issues of race in politics.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/us/politics/02first.html?em|title=Obama-Inspired Black Voters Warm to Politics |access-date=November 7, 2008|work=The New York Times|author=Susan Saulny | date=November 2, 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102002601.html|title=Black Turnout Could Decide House Races|access-date=November 7, 2008|work=The Washington Post|author=Lyndsey Layton | date=October 21, 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-09-obamademographics_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip|title=Obama sees benefits, limits to black support|access-date=November 7, 2008|publisher=USA Today|author=Charles Babington for the Associated Press | date=March 9, 2008}}

Bositis received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University, and a master's degree and doctorate from Southern Illinois University. Bositis joined the Joint Center in 1990, and designs and manages national surveys, mainly geared towards minorities.

Bositis is the author of at least six books and numerous articles which focus on minority politics, especially black representation and voting patterns and the effects of redistricting on minority representation.