TY - BOOK AU - Gelman, Andrew AU - Bafumi, Joseph AU - Cortina, Jeronimo AU - Gelman, Andrew. AU - Park, David AU - Shor, Boris TI - Red state, blue state, rich state, poor state: why Americans vote the way they do SN - 9780691139272 AV - JK 1976 .G283 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Elections KW - United States KW - sears KW - Political parties KW - Politics, Practical KW - Presidents N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -