ISBN:
9780415837033
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (204 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Voting and Migration Patterns in the US
DDC:
306.2/6
Keywords:
Party affiliation -- United States
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Migration, Internal -- Political aspects -- United States
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Demography -- Political aspects -- United States
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Voting -- United States
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Abstract:
In recent years, political scientists and journalists have taken a great interest in the question of whether the American electorate is ""sorting"" into communities based on partisan affiliation. That is, there is concern that American communities are becoming increasingly politically homogenous and this is because Americans are considering politics explicitly when determining where to live. Academics have since debated the degree to which this is a real phenomenon and, if it is, whether it has important normative implications. However, little empirical research has examined which factors t
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Voting and Migration Patterns in the U.S.; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Migration and Partisan Self-Selection; 1 Geographic Political Segregation in the United States; 2 A Theory of Geographic Partisan Sorting; 3 Geographic Partisan Sorting: Empirical Evidence from Individual Data; Part II Migration and Political Change; 4 The Geography of Family Formation; 5 Race and Migration as a Source of Political Diversity and Homogeneity
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Income and Occupation as a Source of Political Diversity and HomogeneityPart III A Case Study; 7 Harris County, Texas: Political Segregation in the Nation's Largest Swing County; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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