Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828-2016

In: Spatial demography book series Volume 2

In: Spatial Demography Book Ser. v.2

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Modern Partisan Polarization -- 1.2 Polarization and Geography -- 1.3 Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 Beyond ``Red State, Blue State'': The Political Geography of Presidential Competition, 1828-2016 -- 2.1 Partisanship, Voting, and Polarization -- 2.2 Polarization and Geography -- 2.3 The Political Geography of Presidential Voting -- 2.3.1 Global Measures of Spatial Autocorrelation -- 2.4 Analysis of County-Level Voting, 1828-2016 -- 2.4.1 Spatial Analysis -- 2.5 Political Geography and the American Party Systems -- 2.5.1 The Second American Party System -- 2.5.2 The Third American Party System -- 2.5.3 The Fourth American Party System -- 2.5.4 The Fifth American Party System -- 2.5.5 The Sixth American Party System -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Geographic Polarization in Historical Perspective -- 3.1 Bishop's Argument -- 3.2 Recent Assessment of The Big Sort -- 3.3 Historical Examination of Geographic Polarization -- 3.4 Education and the Geography of Presidential Voting -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 4 Modeling the Political Geography of Presidential Voting -- 4.1 Diagnostics for Spatial Dependence -- 4.2 Analysis of Voting Behavior, 1828-2016 -- 4.3 The Second American Party System -- 4.4 The Third American Party System -- 4.5 The Fourth American Party System -- 4.6 The Fifth American Party System -- 4.7 The Sixth American Party System -- 4.8 The Interaction of Racial and Immigrant Demographics -- 4.9 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Clinton vs. Trump: Back to the Future? -- 5.1 The Relationship Between the 1828 and 2016 Elections -- 5.2 Looking Further on the 1828 and 2016 Relationship -- 5.3 Trump and Jackson: A Closer Look -- 5.4 Adams and Clinton: A Closer Look -- References -- 6 Conclusion.