The Growing Spatial Polarization of Presidential Voting in the United States, 1992–2012
Myth or Reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12379561 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ron Johnston (0000-0003-3031-8573, University of Bristol, corresponding author), Kelvyn Jones (0000-0001-8398-2190, University of Bristol), David Manley (0000-0003-1864-5141, University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 766-770 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096516001487 |
| OpenAlex | W2462229322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
There has been considerable debate regarding a hypothesis that the American electorate has become spatially more polarized over recent decades. Using a new method for measuring polarization, this paper evaluates that hypothesis regarding voting for the Democratic party’s presidential candidates at six elections since 1992, at three separate spatial scales. The findings are unambiguous: polarization has increased substantially across the country’s nine census divisions, across the 49 states within those divisions, and across the 3,077 counties within the states—with the most significant change at the finest of those three scales
Census · Democracy · Geography · Mythology · Polarization (electrochemistry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · Voting · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |