Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828-2016

• Main Authors: Darmofal, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Strickler, Ryan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Spatial Demography Book Series ; 2
• Subjects: Demography.; Geographical information systems.; Political science.; Human geography.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Political Science.; Human Geography.

This book examines the geography of partisan polarization, or the Reds and Blues, of the political landscape in the United States. It places the current schism between Democrats and Republicans within a historical context and presents a theoretical framework that offers unique insights into the Amer...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Beyond "Red State, Blue State": The Political Geography of Presidential Competition, 1828-2016
• 3 Geographic Polarization in Historical Perspective
• 4 Modeling the Political Geography of Presidential Voting
• 5 Clinton vs. Trump: Back to the Future?
• 6 Conclusion.