A “Sorted” America? Geographic Polarization and Value Overlap in the American Electorate*

2015 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Strickler
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Polarization

Democracy in Darkness

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Emily Van Duyn
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Political Beliefs ◽  
Democrats And Republicans ◽  
Geographic Polarization

Chapter 1 discusses the rise of political secrecy amid intensifying political, social, and geographic polarization. It introduces readers to CWG, the secret political organization at the heart of this book, and the contexts in which this group was formed. The existence of CWG and the prominence of political secrecy evident in national survey data suggest that political polarization and prejudice have driven even mainstream Democrats and Republicans to hide their political beliefs. In turn, this chapter argues that if and how people express their political beliefs depends very much on the context they are in, a phenomenon the author calls “networked silence.” Finally, the chapter details why studying political secrecy is important and how this book will approach this topic.

The Geographic Polarization of American Voters

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-117
Author(s):  
Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz ◽  
Corey Lang
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Polarization

Geographic Polarization, Partisan Voting, And The Battle Over Same‐Sex Marriage Within The Culture War

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad J Kinsella ◽  
Colleen Mctague ◽  
Kevin Raleigh
Keyword(s):  
Culture War ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Geographic Polarization

scholarly journals Cosmopolitan Immigration Attitudes in Large European Cities: Contextual or Compositional Effects?

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 456-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAHSAAN MAXWELL
Keyword(s):  
European Social Survey ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Geographic Differences ◽  
Compositional Effects ◽  
Immigration Attitudes ◽  
Geographic Polarization

Europe is geographically divided on the issue of immigration. Large cities are the home of Cosmopolitan Europe, where immigration is viewed positively. Outside the large cities—and especially in the countryside—is Nationalist Europe, where immigration is a threat. This divide is well documented and much discussed, but there has been scant research onwhypeople in large cities are more likely to have favorable opinions about immigration. Debates about geographic differences generally highlight two explanations: contextual or compositional effects. I evaluate the two with data from the European Social Survey, the Swiss Household Panel, and the German Socio-Economic Panel. Results support compositional effects and highlight the importance of (demographic and cultural) mechanisms that sort pro-immigration people into large cities. This has several implications for our understanding of societal divisions in Europe; most notably that geographic polarization is a second-order manifestation of deeper (demographic and cultural) divides.

“The Big Sort” That Wasn't: A Skeptical Reexamination

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (02) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel J. Abrams ◽  
Morris P. Fiorina
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
Bill Clinton ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Geographic Polarization

In 2008 journalist Bill Bishop achieved the kind of notice that authors dream about. His book,The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart, was mentioned regularly during the presidential campaign; most notably, former president Bill Clinton urged audiences to read the book. Bishop's thesis is that Americans increasingly are choosing to live in neighborhoods populated with people just like themselves. In turn, these residential choices have produced a significant increase in geographic political polarization. Bishop does not contend that people consciously decide to live with fellow Democrats or Republicans; rather political segregation is a byproduct of the correlations between political views and the various demographic and life-style indicators people consider when making residential decisions. Whatever the cause, Bishop contends that the resulting geographic polarization is a troubling and dangerous development.

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