Red Fighting Blue: How Geography and Electoral Rules Polarize American Politics

ISBN-13: 9781316642146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 254 str.

Massachusetts) David A. Hopkins (Boston College

Opis

Democrats and Republicans have become geographically divided along regional lines, which has furthered the ideological polarization of American politics.

Recenzje

'Red Fighting Blue is a valuable addition to the literature on American party politics and voting behaviour. Anyone interested in understanding American politics in the Twenty-first century will find David Hopkins' analysis of the geographic underpinnings of our polarized politics to be extremely helpful.' Alan I. Abramowitz, Congress and the Presidency

Spis treści

1. A nation votes, Ohio decides; 2. Solid states: the regional bases of the American parties; 3. The geographic roots of party strength and cohesion; 4. Mapping the cultural battlefield: how social issues fuel the regional divide; 5. Regional polarization and partisan change in the US congress; 6. Rural red, big-city blue, and the pivotal purple midwest; 7. A locked-up nation.