Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban-Rural Divide in Americas Swing States Damore David F.
Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban-Rural Divide in Americas Swing States Damore David F. Assessing where the red/blue political line lies in swing states and how it is…
Specifikacia Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban-Rural Divide in Americas Swing States Damore David F.
Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban-Rural Divide in Americas Swing States Damore David F.
Assessing where the red/blue political line lies in swing states and how it is shiftingDemocratic-leaning urban areas in states that otherwise lean Republican is an increasingly important phenomenon in American politics, one that will help shape elections and policy for decades to come. Close-in suburbs that support denser mixed use projects and transit such as light rail mostly vote for Democrats. Blue Metros, Red States explores this phenomenon by analyzing demographic trends, voting patterns, economic data, and social characteristics of twenty-seven major metropolitan areas in thirteen swing states that will ultimately decide who is elected president and the party that controls each chamber of Congress.The book's key finding is a sharp split between different types of suburbs in swing states.
More distant suburbs that feature mainly large-lot,