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Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do
By Andrew Gelman, David Park, Boris Shor, Joseph Bafumi, Jeronimo Cortina
240 pages
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- Princeton University Press
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- Princeton, NJ
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- 2010
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Synopsis
On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes--pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and elitist blue-state Democrats woefully out of touch with heartland values. With wit and prodigious number crunching, Andrew Gelman debunks these and other political myths.
...On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes--pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and elitist blue-state Democrats woefully out of touch with heartland values. With wit and prodigious number crunching, Andrew Gelman debunks these and other political myths.
This expanded edition includes new data and easy-to-read graphics explaining the 2008 election. Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State is a must-read for anyone seeking to make sense of today's fractured political landscape.
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Table of contents
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- Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State i
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Part I - The Paradox 1
- Chapter 1 - Introduction 3
- Chapter 2 - Rich State, Poor State 8
- Chapter 3 - How the Talking Heads Can Be So Confused 24
- Part II - What's Going On 41
- Chapter 4 - Income and Voting Over Time 43
- Chapter 5 - Inequality and Voting 58
- Chapter 6 - Religious Reds and Secular Blues 76
- Chapter 7 - The United States in Comparative Perspective 94
- Part III - What Itmeans 109
- Chapter 8 - Polarized Parties 111
- Chapter 9 - Competing to Build a Majority Coalition 137
- Chapter 10 - Putting It All Together 165
- Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State i
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Part I - The Paradox 1
- Chapter 1 - Introduction 3
- Chapter 2 - Rich State, Poor State 8
- Chapter 3 - How the Talking Heads Can Be So Confused 24
- Part II - What's Going On 41
- Chapter 4 - Income and Voting Over Time 43
- Chapter 5 - Inequality and Voting 58
- Chapter 6 - Religious Reds and Secular Blues 76
- Chapter 7 - The United States in Comparative Perspective 94
- Part III - What Itmeans 109
- Chapter 8 - Polarized Parties 111
- Chapter 9 - Competing to Build a Majority Coalition 137
- Chapter 10 - Putting It All Together 165
- Notes and Sources 179
- Index 221