Probing the reds and blues: Sectionalism and voter location in the 2000 and 2004 U. S. presidential elections

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 484-495

  McKee, Seth C ^a   Teigen, Jeremy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarization; Population density; Regional voting; U.S. presidential elections

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL BOUNDARY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGIONAL POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 74649086387     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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