In a previous post, we looked at the research of Dante Chinni and James Gimpel, who have identified twelve distinct community types in the United States, and correlated these communities with voting preferences. These communities are scattered throughout the country and—with the possible exception of Mormons and Evangelicals– generally do not conform neatly to state […]
Month: May 2018
The Patchwork Quilt Becomes More Complex and Colorful
A lot of research has attempted to correlate demographic differences with political preferences. Generalizations (sometimes backed by data) are that younger people and minorities tend to prefer Democrats, and older white people tend to prefer Republicans. Besides the more traditional divisions of age (generational cohort), race, gender and income, other social divisions have been identified […]
The Patchwork Quilt of Voting Patterns
Having just been through a national election, many of us have seen those maps that show states as being either red (Republican) or blue (Democratic). However, when voting patterns are displayed at the county level, the states do not appear so monochromatic. For example, Texas is a quintessentially “red” state, but there is a string […]
