New Support for the Big Sort Hypothesis

An Assessment of Partisan Geographic Sorting in California, 1992–2010

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6102003
AutoresJesse Sussell (0000-0002-9713-8983, RAND Corporation, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume46
Fascículo4
Páginas768-773
Data de publicação2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1049096513001042
OpenAlexW2045650563
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26
Referências citadas19

This article empirically examines the “Big Sort hypothesis”—the notion that, in recent years, liberal and conservative Americans have become increasingly spatially isolated from one another. Using block group-, tract-, and county-level party registration data and presidential election returns, I construct two formal indices of segregation for 1992–2010 in California and evaluate those indices for evidence of growth in the segregation of Californians along ideological lines. Evidence of rising geographic segregation between Democrats and Republicans for measures generated from both party registration and presidential vote data is found. This growth is statistically significant for 10 of the 12 segregation measures analyzed. In addition, many of the increases are practically significant, with estimates of growth in segregation during the observation period ranging from 2% to 23

Database · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Sociology · sort · Sorting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies