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Red state, blue state, rich state, poor state : why Americans vote the way they do / Andrew Gelman ... [and four others].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.Description: 233 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691139272
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JK 1976 .G283 2008
Contents:
Introduction -- Rich state, poor state -- How the talking heads can be so confused -- Income and voting over time -- Inequality and voting -- Religious reds and secular blues -- The United States in comparative perspective -- Polarized parties -- Competing to build a majority coalition -- Putting it all together.
Summary: Discusses a variety of myths about voting trends in the U.S. to reveal how economic status of individuals run counter to the economic condition of that individual's state, with empirical research focusing on the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-218) and index.

Introduction -- Rich state, poor state -- How the talking heads can be so confused -- Income and voting over time -- Inequality and voting -- Religious reds and secular blues -- The United States in comparative perspective -- Polarized parties -- Competing to build a majority coalition -- Putting it all together.

Discusses a variety of myths about voting trends in the U.S. to reveal how economic status of individuals run counter to the economic condition of that individual's state, with empirical research focusing on the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.

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